Statistical metadata and data quality

2.2 Sources and Quality of Data

What are the data requirements?

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 fulfilment of those requirements would also improve the quality of inter State cooperation.

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

Data entry requirements for several INFOCAP services are quite complex and may require training to ensure correct data entry.

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

The quality of financial disclosure could be undermined when consolidation requirements on financial reporting are not followed appropriately.

(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.

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

A number of currently unfulfilled user requirements for satellite data had been identified around the world.

In ensuring improved conformity with market requirements, focus is given to upgrading standards, metrology, testing and quality infrastructure and services.

(a) Enhance and support competitive productive capacities able to produce according to market requirements in terms of quality and quantity

(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.

Users have to compromise to fit their information requirements to the parameters of available remote sensing data.

The provision under information technology ( 406,100) includes requirements of 368,600 for the acquisition of data processing equipment.

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

We've also found that you can reduce the fresh air requirements into the building, while maintaining industry indoor air quality standards.

(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.

Satellite data are supplied via computer compatible tapes (CCTs), paper print and film, in accordance with user requirements.

(h) Data received and opened in accordance with these requirements must remain accessible only to such authorized persons.

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.

The increased requirements relate to the Court's operating needs, particularly in external translation and printing and data processing services.

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.

Where customers have special requirements for coal quality, they shall have to reach an agreement with the seller in a purchase and sale contract.

The Committee believes that there is a need to examine translation requirements and methods with a view to reducing costs while ensuring optimal quality.

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).