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REAL AND IMAGINATIVE RESPONSE BURDEN –DIFFERENT WAYS OF TREATMENT, MEASUREMENT AND REDUC TION

REAL AND IMAGINATIVE RESPONSE BURDEN –DIFFERENT WAYS OF TREATMENT, MEASUREMENT AND REDUC TION. Daliute Kavaliauskiene Bronislava Kaminskien e Statistics Lithuania. SUBJECT-MATTER. MEANS USED TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON RESPONDENTS MEASUREMENT OF RESPONSE BURDEN. ORGANISATION OF WORK.

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REAL AND IMAGINATIVE RESPONSE BURDEN –DIFFERENT WAYS OF TREATMENT, MEASUREMENT AND REDUC TION

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  1. REAL AND IMAGINATIVE RESPONSE BURDEN –DIFFERENT WAYS OF TREATMENT, MEASUREMENT AND REDUCTION Daliute Kavaliauskiene Bronislava Kaminskiene Statistics Lithuania European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  2. SUBJECT-MATTER • MEANS USED TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON RESPONDENTS • MEASUREMENT OF RESPONSE BURDEN European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  3. ORGANISATION OF WORK • A PERMANENT WORKING GROUP ON RESPONSE BURDEN SINCE 2003 • AN ACTION PLAN RENEWED ANNUALLY European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  4. MEANS USED • REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF STATISTICAL SURVEYS • REVISION OF STATISTICAL QUESTIONNAIRES • IMPROVEMENT OF SAMPLING PROCEDURES • APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE DATA IN STATISTICAL SURVEYS • NEW IT TECHNOLOGIES FOR STATISTICAL DATA COLLECTION European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  5. REDUCTION OF STATISTICAL SURVEYS • JOINING TOGETHER SEVERAL SURVEYS • ABOLITION OF SURVEYS European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  6. REVISION OF STATISTICAL QUESTIONNAIRES • ABOLITION OFIRRELEVANT INDICATORS • IMPROVEMENT OF METHODOLOGICAL GUIDELINES FOR FILLING INSTATISTICAL QUESTIONNAIRES European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  7. IMPROVEMENT OF SAMPLING PROCEDURES • REDUCING THE SAMPLE SIZES • TRYING TO DISTRIBUTE THE RESPONSE BURDEN MORE EVENLY AMONG BUSINESSES European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  8. APPLICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE DATA IN STATISTICAL SURVEYS • 2 STS INDICATORS BASED ON ADMINSTRATIVE DATA OF THE STATE SOCIAL INSURANCE FUND BOARD NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WAGES AND SALARIES • SBS INDICATORS FOR ENTERPRISES WITH UP TO 10 EMPLOYEES BASED ON ANNUAL FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS FROM STATE TAX INSPECTORATE ABOUT 16 THOUS. RESPONDENTS European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  9. NEW IT TECHNOLOGIES FOR STATISTICAL DATA COLLECTION • INTRODUCTION OF E-QUESTIONNAIRES • DRAFT PROJECT ON THE POSSIBILITY TO EXTRACT DATA DIRECTLY FROM BUSINESS ACCOUNTANCY SYSTEMS European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  10. PARTICIPATION OF ENTERPRISES IN STATISTICAL SURVEYS European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  11. REASONS TO START MEASUREMENT OF THE STATISTICAL RESPONSE BURDEN • POLITICAL INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT • RESPONSE BURDEN – ONE OF THE QUALITY DIMENSIONS IN TQM SYSTEM • IMPLEMENTATION OF IDEAS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  12. THE MAIN RESPONSE BURDEN INDICATOR ADVENTAGES: • EASY TO COMPARE AMONG DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, SIZE OF AN ENTERPRISES, E.T.C. • EASY TO COMPARE AMONG COUNTRIES • EASY TO CALCULATE FOR DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS (IRRESPECTIVE OF LABOUR COSTS) • EASY FOR RESPONDENTS TO REPORT DATA TIME USED TO FILL IN QUESTIONNAIRES European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  13. EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSE BURDEN • ALL QUESTIONNAIRES SUPPLEMENTED BY A QUESTION ON THE RESPONSE BURDEN • TIME AVERAGE AND MEDIAN CALCULATED FOR QUESTIONNAIRES • THE TOTAL RESPONSE BURDEN CALCULATED FOR ALL BUSINESSES IN THE SAMPLE THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY IS TO MEASURE THE BURDEN IMPOSED ON BUSINESSES, NOT THE ACTUAL RESPONSE BURDEN European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  14. RESULTS OF EVALUATION OF RESPONSE BURDEN European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  15. ANALYSIS OF DATA • TENDENCY OF THE RESPONDENTS TO OVERESTIMATE THE STATISTICAL BURDEN IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS • HUGE VARIABILITY OF DATA SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THE HUMAN FACTOR ON THE RESPONSE BURDEN ESTIMATION • REAL AND IMAGINATIVE (SUBJECTIVE) RESPONSE BURDEN – TWO COMPONENTS OF THE SAME PHENOMENON European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  16. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE BURDEN • TOO HEAVY REAL RESPONSE BURDEN • GAP IN INFORMATION ON RESPONSE BURDEN OF OTHER BUSINESSES • LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DATA PROVIDED • INSUFFICIENT DIALOG OF STATISTICIANS WITH RESPONDENTS European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  17. WAYS TO REDUCE RESPONSE BURDEN • ALLOCATION OF SAMPLES AS EVENLY AS POSSIBLE OVER THE POPULATION • MORE INFORMATION FOR THE RESPONDENTS ON THE RESPONSE BURDEN • INCREASED DIALOG WITH RESPONDENTS • FEEDBACK FOR THE RESPONDENTS European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

  18. Thank you.Questions are welcome European conference on Quality www.stat.gov.lt

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