A Quality Framework for Statistics based on Administrative Data Sources using the Example of the Austrian Census 2011

Christopher Berka; Stefan Humer; Manuela Lenk; Mathias Moser; Henrik Rechta; Eliane Schwerer

doi:10.17713/ajs.v39i4.251

A Quality Framework for Statistics based on Administrative Data Sources using the Example of the Austrian Census 2011

Authors

Christopher Berka Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna
Stefan Humer Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna
Manuela Lenk Statistics Austria, Vienna
Mathias Moser Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna
Henrik Rechta Statistics Austria, Vienna
Eliane Schwerer Statistics Austria, Vienna

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https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v39i4.251

Abstract

Along with the implementation of a register-based census we develop a methodological framework to assess administrative data sources for statistical use. Key aspects for the quality of these data are identified in the context of hyperdimensions and embedded into a process flow. Based on this approach we develop a structural quality framework and suggest a concept for quality assessment and several quality measures.

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2016-02-24

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Berka, C., Humer, S., Lenk, M., Moser, M., Rechta, H., & Schwerer, E. (2016). A Quality Framework for Statistics based on Administrative Data Sources using the Example of the Austrian Census 2011. Austrian Journal of Statistics, 39(4), 299–308. https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v39i4.251

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Vol. 39 No. 4 (2010)

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