Information system on quality of statistical production processes

Secondary study operations Secondary study planning   Defining secondary study aims   Review and selection of the sources   Definition of the variables to adquire and disseminate   Planning data acquisition modes   Planning data pre-processing techniques   Planning editing and imputation techniques   Planning the estimation methodology for mixed sources   Designing software for analysis and result tabulation   Planning modes and technical devices for result dissemination Data acquisition   Data acquisition from Istat primary surveys   Data acquisition from Istat secondary studies   Data acquisition from Sistan bodies   Data acquisition from national bodies other than Sistan   Data acquisition from international bodies Pre-processing input data   Analysis of the adequacy of sources   Data processing for definition reconcilation   Data processing for classification reconcilation   Microdata integration by record linkage (exact matching of same units in different records)   Microdata integration by matching (exact matching of different units)   Microdata assembling to reconstruct the set of observations   Macrodata integration   Macrodata assembling   Editing and imputation of outliers and/or missing data   Control of outliers and/or missing data   Imputation of unobserved statistical units   Imputation of statistical variables unavailable in the administrative sources   Control of record layout   Revision of postal address data (normalisation, geocoding, duplicate check, validation)   Microdata control Data processing   Secondary study activities     Drafting tables and graph for Istat publications     Data smoothing or interpolation (regressions, moving averages, ...) by statistical techniques     Use of seasonal adjustment procedures     Analytical insights based on advanced statistical techniques     Provisional estimate release     Processing forecasts     Drafting life-tables     Constructing time series     Revising of time series     Constructing indicators     Constructing intermediate economic aggregates     Constructing final economic aggregates (to be published)     Computing elementary indexes     Calculating composite indexes     Measurement of the reconciliation items for deficit, working balance and debt     Building up a microdata set for structural business statistics     Maps production     Building up a microdata statistical register   Analysis techniques for secondary studies     Microsimulations     Estimation of the variables unavailable in the adquired administrative sources   Data processing     Processing provisional indexes for Eurostat     Provisional data processing       Setting up provisional microdata files for Eurostat       Setting up provisional microdata files for Istat National Accounts Division       Provisional macrodata processing       Setting up provisional macrodata files for Eurostat       Setting up provisional macrodata files for Istat National Accounts Division       Processing provisional indexes     Final data processing       Setting up final microdata files for Eurostat       Setting up final microdata files for Istat National Accounts Division       Setting up final microdata files for Sistan bodies       Processing final macrodata       Setting up final macrodata files for Eurostat       Setting up final macrodata files for Istat National Accounts Division       Setting up final macrodata for international bodies other than Eurostat       Processing final macrodata for national bodies other than Sistan       Processing final indexes     Processing data undergoing a revision policy       Processing macrodata undergoing a revision policy       Processing macrodata undergoing a revision policy for national bodies other than Sistan       Processing macrodata undergoing a revision policy for Eurostat     Estimate calculation Data validation   Comparison with data from other independent sources   Controllo di congruenza con precedenti dati della stessa elaborazione   Analysis of available time series   Time series analysis of indicators and checks ratios   Analysis of quality indicators supporting output data   Assessment of adequacy of estimates compared to definitions (exhaustiveness of estimates)   Additional studies and experiments input data quality Data storage   Data storage in a local repository   Data storage in a central repository   Data storage in ARMIDA (Istat validated microdata repository) Statistical disclosure control   Methods of risk evaluation for tables     Risk evaluation by applying a threshold rule     Risk evaluation by applying a dominance rule   Methods of protection for tables     Cell suppression     Cell perturbation     Table redesign   Methods of protection microdata     Global recording     Local suppression     Data masking Dissemination   Editing publications     Press release dissemination ("Statistiche-Flash", "Statistiche-Report", "Statistiche-Focus", "Note informative")     Publishing final data in survey-specific volumes (Series Yearbooks, "Informazioni", etc.)     Publishing provisional data (e.g. "Nota rapida", etc.)     Publishing data in Istat general volumes (Statistical Yearbook, "Conoscere l'Italia", Italian Statistical Compendium, etc.)     Publishing insights or specific studies (Series "Argomenti", "Metodi e Norme", etc.)     Publishing data in volumes of International Organisations (OECD, Eurostat, etc.)   Dissemination in data banks or information systems     Dissemination in Istat data banks available at Istat Data shop, Regional Offices or other locations     Dissemination on the Internet or other networks or by electronic systems such as BBS (Bulletin Board System)     Dissemination on international dedicated networks meeting dissemination standards (UN, Eurostat, OECD, WHO)     Dissemination on the Internet in an information system   Machine To Machine data dissemination   Dissemination of elementary data and indicators     Release of standard files     Microdata File for Research (MFR) release     Access to the laboratory for the Analysis of Elementary Data (ADELE)     Release of files for Sistan Documentation   Developing electronic tools for quality indicators computation   Disseminating quality indicators supporting statistical information   Disseminating of quality reports supporting statistical information Evaluation   Gathering evaluation inputs   Quality statistical auditing   Quality statistical self-assessment   Agreement of action plan after evaluation Replanning the secondary study   Replanning secondary study aims   Replanning data acquisition modes   Replanning data pre-processing techniques   Replanning editing and imputation techniques   Re-designing software for analysis and result tabulation   Replanning modes and technical devices for result dissemination   Ristrutturazione dei contenuti informativi dell'elaborazione