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This presentation explores the evolution of data collection practices at Statistics Netherlands, including the shift from stove-pipe systems to a coordinated approach, the use of new technologies, and the implementation of a data collection strategy. It also discusses the challenges faced and the benefits of centralization and integration.
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Data Collection and Data Sharing at Statistics Netherlands Prof. dr. Ger Snijkers * UNECE CES 2011- seminar I Geneva, 14 June 2011
Overview • Organizing data collection activities:• Yesterday • Today • Process-and-knowledge driven approach • Challenges we face today • Data Collection Strategy • Developments over the years 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
Data Collection over the years Stove pipes Data Collection 2000 Partial Centralisation Data Collection Now < 1994 1994 - 2000 2000 - 2007 Present 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva 2
Drivers for centralizing data collection: Achieving efficiency by: • Abolishing redundant processes, workflows, and activities for social and business surveys• Monitoring processes, workflows, and activities • Abolishing redundant systems and tools• One data collection management system• Maintaining as less systems and tools as needed Spin off • Clear and professional external focus • Reducing response burden 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
Organizing Data Collection Clustering of practices and knowledge • Focus on how knowledge is being used • Fte’s:• 375 (2008)• 277 (2012) • Budget:€ 18.5M • 145 surveys • Survey deployment: • CAPI / CATI Interviewing • Planning & control • Fieldwork logistics • Support • Special services • Front desk: • Client relations • Survey design 12 fte 240 fte 92 26 118 fte • Design: • Questionnaire • Sampling • Training 35 fte 122 fte 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
Process-and-knowledge driven approach: Re-organising Telephone and interviewing units Survey deployment • Help desk • Support R • Telephone • CATI unit • Interviewing R • Telephone • CAPI unit • Interviewing R • Face-to-face • Technology driven: use of telephone • Processes, workflows and skills are different • Processes, workflows and skills are comparable 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
Process-and-knowledge driven approach:Introducing home-based interviewing Survey deployment • Phase 1: for CATI agents €100k • Phase 2 (ongoing): for CAPI interviewers €400k Revenues: • Flexible cost efficient CATI / CAPI workforce • Remain nationwide CAPI coverage • Improved communication • Prevent slack demand – supply CAPI workforce • Help desk • Support R • Telephone • CATI unit • Interviewing R • Telephone • CAPI unit • Interviewing R • Face-to-face 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
To be ready for the future • Reliable statistics:• relevant• more & integrated information• faster • Less money• improving cost-efficiency • Less compliance costs• reduction of response burden • Implementation of Data Collection Strategy 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
The 2011 Data Collection Strategy:Retrieving and returning 3 steps: 1. Re-use of available data• Data sharing & data warehousing 2. Use of new registers and other secondary sources• Traditional government-based registers • Information from private businesses • Data on the internet (web-crawlers) 3. Primary data collection: 1. EDI technologies, like XBRL 2. Web surveys 3. traditional modes: paper, CATI, CAPI• Using new social media technologies• Reciprocity: report back to respondents Multi-source designs Mixed-mode designs 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
How to achieve this? • Data Collection Division: • Coordinated data collection for social and business surveys• Mixed-mode designs • Data Service Centre & Social Statistical Database: • Data warehousing • Research (in collaboration with Methodology Division):• Statistical methods for combining data sources• New sources • EDI techniques • Web survey methodology, mixed-mode surveys, pre-testing • New media • Survey-based projects:• Re-designing chain of Economic Statistics: - using more register data / XBRL / Web questionnaires • Re-design of Social Surveys: - developing web questionnaires 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
Data collection:Developments over the years • From stove-pipes to a coordinated system of data collection • From single surveys to multi-source/mixed-mode data collection designs • From single-survey managers to managers of integrated sets statistics • From local decision making to corporate decision making • From data collection to data retrieving and returning 59th Conference of European Statistics (CES), 14 June 2011, Geneva
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