Statistical metadata and data quality

2.2 Sources and Quality of Data

Data is often better than you think. Many people say data is bad.

The image quality is really bad the resolution is so low.

Improvement in related metadata and data quality.

And so, you're reducing the quality of your data.

While the first data review workshops revealed many data quality problems, solutions were offered and corrections made in subsequent data collections.

Regional workshops were held to train country staff on data quality.

In 2003, the HDRO statistics team developed a strategy for dealing with data gaps, inconsistencies and data quality problems.

The availability and quality of service based data vary greatly, and such data are rarely collected in a systematic manner.

The main benefits of that development are improved quality assurance and data integration.

(e) Methods of evaluation of data quality of surveys on the informal sector and informal employment

In the context of these developments, combined with ever increasing data sharing and processing agreements, the Task Force felt the need to address the organizations' data dissemination policies and data quality frameworks.

Ten percent of the patients started taking lithium based on 16 patients of data in a bad publication.

It will assess the data and statistics currently available regarding the extent and prevalence of forms of violence against women, evaluate the quality of the data and identify remaining gaps in data collection.

Target 1 Indicators and data gathering for selected child protection areas and improved quality of situation analyses

(b) Improving access to high quality data and information on current and future climate variability and extreme events

Experts noted that the lack of quality data had limited the analysis and understanding of the OFDI phenomenon.

(e) Work towards the harmonization of data collection activities of environment and related statistics with concepts and definitions of environmental economic accounting, including the assurance of data quality.

UNDP will continue to leverage its own Atlas data quality dashboard' to proactively manage data errors and potential risks associated with unapplied deposits, matching exceptions, bank reconciliations and errors.

Quality metadata in order to enable users of the data to judge its fitness for purpose. A key element is a description of how each data point was created

Corruption in procurement engenders bad choices, affects the efficiency of public spending and donors' resources, creates waste and, ultimately, affects the quality of health and education services and the opportunities they present to improve quality of life .

(e) Devising a checklist for the evaluation of data quality of surveys on the informal sector and informal employment

Two main findings to date have been the need for systematic and quality data as well as capacity building.

Sources and methods for data collection are appropriately chosen to ensure timeliness and other aspects of quality, to be cost efficient and to minimize the reporting burden for data providers.

And what we do is go through all of those records and exclude everything that's not the highest quality data.

Client satisfaction surveys should be introduced to provide regular feedback on the quality of the data and metadata (see para.

Bad statements are for bad people (or bad women for bad men) and bad people for bad statements (or bad men for bad women).

Bad statements are for bad people (or bad women for bad men) and bad people for bad statements (or bad men for bad women).

Good practice covers choice of estimation methods appropriate to national circumstances, quality assurance and quality control at the national level, quantification of uncertainties, and data archiving and reporting to promote transparency Quality control (QC) is a system of routine technical activities to measure and control the quality of the inventory as it is being developed.

State Parties shall exchange available information and data regarding the hydrological, hydro geological, water quality, meteorological and environmental condition of shared watercourses.

A criteria based approach allows analysts to focus on data collection in terms of explicitly stated dimensions of quality, effectiveness and performance.

Useful exchanges of information took place within the Task Force on the organizations' practices with respect to data quality and metadata management.

Despite improved collaboration among international agencies and improvement in the data available to support indicators, the quality and availability of data is not yet sufficient to reliably monitor progress in the achievement of MDGs.

The improvement in the quality of data reported since 1989 and later again in 1994 partly explained the significant increase in OFDI flows.

Quality frameworks include the integrity and methodological soundness of the framework of accounts and tables, dissemination standards and documentation of data sources (metadata).

Bad Pentagon, bad!

The Statistical Commission, recognizing the economic importance of distributive trade, acknowledging that the availability and quality of national data on distributive trade needs improvement and expressing concern regarding the international comparability of such data, may wish

Inventory activities include collecting activity data, selecting methods and emission factors appropriately, estimating anthropogenic GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks, implementing uncertainty assessment and quality assurance quality control (QA QC) activities, and carrying out procedures for the verification of the inventory data at the national level, as described in these guidelines for national systems.

He highlighted the importance of accurate and timely data for policy makers, and said that UNCTAD should increase its technical assistance to the African countries in respect of FDI data collection and reporting systems, so as to enable them to improve the quality of the data.

He highlighted the importance of accurate and timely data for policy makers, and said that UNCTAD should increase its technical assistance to the African countries in respect of FDI data collection and reporting systems, so as to enable them to improve the quality of the data.

IMF informed the Task Force of the implementation and use of its Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) as a tool for surveillance and technical assistance, and for structuring metadata for IMF dissemination standards (the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) and the Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)).

Efforts will focus on building monitoring capacity at the country level, increasing the utility and relevance of the JMP through improved data quality, compatibility and disaggregation, and ensuring that the JMP better address the issue of water quality and sustainable access.

With partners, UNICEF will establish knowledge banks facilitating access to data on children and women and support quality, timely national reporting on the two Conventions.

The concern is whether varying levels of detail across regions will raise questions about the data quality of those with the most restrictive publication policies.