Statistical metadata and data quality

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.

2.2 Sources and Quality of Data

Improvement in related metadata and data quality.

Partnership management should ensure 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.

(g) Ensure that indigenous children have access to free primary quality education

All require Antarctic data to ensure true global perspective.

Also requests the Secretary General to ensure that all missions monitor and evaluate the quality management systems of rations contractors to ensure that food quality and hygienic conditions are in accordance with established standards

Objective To ensure enhanced responsiveness and quality of services for all UNIDO activities.

(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 was to ensure the quality, consistency and timely distribution of protection related information.

Objective 5. Ensure that clients receive quality services and information on a timely basis.

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.

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

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

(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.

1.82 To ensure equity and equality of access to quality learning for children with special educational needs.

These factors make it difficult and costly to ensure universal access to good quality basic social services.

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.

These are important conditions to ensure Vietnamese women's favourable access to and use of high quality healthcare services.

To ensure you have access to your data whenever you need it, we keep each piece of data stored on at least two servers.

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.

Developing country governments could consider improving their statistical systems to ensure provision of such data.

1. Requests the Secretary General to ensure the highest quality of interpretation and translation services in all official languages

Donors will need to ensure that a credible audit and quality control mechanism is introduced to maintain public confidence.

Additional rules have been established to protect consumers, ensure quality and enforce trademarks they have been beneficial to business.

12. Expresses concern about the quality of interpretation services provided to intergovernmental meetings, and requests the Secretary General to ensure the highest standards of quality for interpretation services provided to these meetings

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.