Official statistics: Quo vadis?

Q3 Decision Sciences

Statistical Journal of the IAOS Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI:10.3233/sji-220100

Hans Viggo Sæbø, Marit Hoel

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Abstract

The data revolution has resulted in discussions in the statistical community on the future of official statistics. Will official statistics survive as a brand, or will such statistics drown in the flow of data and statistics from new sources and actors, including misused statistics and fake news? The COVID-19 pandemic has been an additional driver for discussion. There is a need to maintain the quality of official statistics and highlight the value of such statistics for the users as a basis for – and supplement to – other statistics and information. It is at the same time important to implement new developments to improve and keep up the relevance of official statistics. Key pillars today are statistical legislation, quality frameworks and core values defining requirements for official statistics. Possibilities are linked to new statistics, use of new data sources and possible extended roles of the statistical institutes within coordination, collaboration, and data stewardship. The paper addresses these issues in the light of trends in official statistics since the UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics were formulated about 30 years ago. Quality challenges for statistics and dilemmas in defining the roles of statistical institutes are considered. The paper includes examples from Statistics Norway.

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官方统计：库瓦迪斯？

数据革命导致统计界对官方统计的未来进行了讨论。官方统计数据会作为一个品牌存在吗？还是这些统计数据会淹没在来自新来源和行为者的数据和统计数据流中，包括被滥用的统计数据和假新闻？新冠肺炎大流行是讨论的另一个驱动因素。有必要保持官方统计数据的质量，并强调这些统计数据对用户的价值，以此作为其他统计数据和信息的基础和补充。与此同时，重要的是实施新的发展，以改进和保持官方统计的相关性。今天的主要支柱是统计立法、质量框架和确定官方统计要求的核心价值观。可能性与新的统计数据、新数据来源的使用以及统计机构在协调、协作和数据管理方面可能发挥的扩大作用有关。该文件结合自大约30年前制定《联合国官方统计基本原则》以来官方统计的趋势来解决这些问题。审议了统计工作面临的质量挑战和界定统计机构作用的难题。该文件包括挪威统计局的例子。

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Statistical Journal of the IAOS Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics

CiteScore

1.30

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0.00%

发文量

116

期刊介绍： This is the flagship journal of the International Association for Official Statistics and is expected to be widely circulated and subscribed to by individuals and institutions in all parts of the world. The main aim of the Journal is to support the IAOS mission by publishing articles to promote the understanding and advancement of official statistics and to foster the development of effective and efficient official statistical services on a global basis. Papers are expected to be of wide interest to readers. Such papers may or may not contain strictly original material. All papers are refereed.