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Quality management in a changing environment Multiple users Multiple purposes. Ineke Stoop. Quality criteria for research purposes. What’s behind these doors ?. What do researchers want?. Microdata. For research. Microdata for research. Risks Privacy Unexpert use
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Quality management in a changing environment Multiple users Multiple purposes Ineke Stoop
Quality criteria for research purposes What’sbehind these doors? What do researchers want?
Microdata • For research
Microdata for research • Risks • Privacy • Unexpertuse • Advantages • More use • Expert use • Research and policy • Feedback data • Conditions • Remoteaccess • Cooperations and training • Don’t keep microdata locked up
Metadata • Open the black box
Output harmonisation and comparative research • Easilyaccessibleinformationavailableabout • Sampling procedure and frame • Coverage • Nonresponse • Survey mode • Survey period • Questiontext • All languages • Item missing • Etc. etc.
Data • Knowledge • Yoursourceforknowledge • Wissen, nutzen • Facing the future with knowledge • Quality • Relevant • Complete • Undisputed
Researchers (and policy makers) need more data • Problemswithnew data • Response burden • Budget deficits • Present data underused • Subjective data • Disputed data • Universities/panels? • Continuitybias • Reasonsfornew data • More service/less data • Money to others • Data access • What is objective? • Undisputed data? • Poorquality? • Some budget for research
Do official statisticscollect and publish the data we need? • Migration • Immigration • Trust in institutions • Family composition • Dynamics of poverty • Progress of societies • Heterogeneity • Law of Inherent Conservatism in Official Statistics (JOS, Van Tuinen)
Data collection • Alternatives • Universities? • Eurobarometer? • Online panels? • Quality? • Comparability • Sustainability • Accuracy? • Fit forpurpose
Data collection and official statistics • Surveysforothers • Modularstructure • Flexibility • Research budget • Statisticalquality stamp • Clearinghouse • Good data wiki • sources and methods • Training and teaching
Statistics and research Open the doors