Information system on quality of statistical production processes

Survey operations Planning   Definition of the aims of the process   Questionnaire design   Classification and coding planning   Definition of sampling design   Frame implementation planning   Planning analysis unit contact and observation: direct interview, telephone interview, photocopy of administrative documents, etc.   Planning data collection modes   Planning data collection monitoring system   Planning data entry modes   Planning editing and imputation methods   Planning data analysis and tabulation procedures   Planning modes and technical devices for result dissemination   Definition procedures for automatic editing and imputation Frame development   Development and updating of an Istat local frame   Drawing the list of reporting units from an Istat centralised frame (e.g. Italian Statistical Business Register - Asia, Municipality Register, LAC)   Drawing the list of reporting units from an Istat decentralised frame (survey register)   Drawing the list of reporting units from a non-Istat frame (e.g. Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Crafts - C.C.I.A.A.) Flows of activities through bodies/institutions prior to data collection   Contact operations among bodies/institutions     Transmission of instructions for frame implementation     Transmission of primary sampling unit list (for 2/3 - stage samples)     Transmission of secondary sampling unit list (for 3-stage samples)     Transmission of sampling unit list     Sending notice letters to reporting units     Mailing questionnaires     Sending questionnaires via Postel (Hybrid Mail Service Provider)     Sending questionnaires via courier     Hand delivery of questionnaires     Updated software supply     Sending letters requesting data transmission     Mailing survey material     Sending survey material via Postel (Hybrid Mail Service Provider)     Sending survey material via courier     Sending forms to collect interviewer data     Sending instructions for data collection     Sending of interviewer identification badges     Data transmission to update Istat reporting unit frame     Sending circulars     Sending information notices     Sending requests for questionnaire printing     E-mailing data survey material     Sending questionnaires via Postel (Hybrid Mail Service Provider) or e-mail     Delivering paper or e-questionnaires according to the body/institution preference     Sending requests for printing survey material     Sending questionnaires via ordinary mail or e-mail     Transmission of the updated primary sampling unit list (for 2/3 - stage samples)     E-mailing questionnaires     Sending questionnaires via Certified E-Mail     Sending questionnaires via fax server     Sending survey material via mail and e-mail     Sending questionnaires via ordinary mail, fax, e-mail or on the web     Return of the reporting unit list matched with telephone numbers     Transmission of CATI management software (questionnaire included)     E-mailing the reporting unit list and the draft questionnaire     Transmitting via Circa web site the product list of the basket of goods updated and harmonised according to the European PPP programme     Transmission via Indata of survey material     Sending questionnaires via mail and courier     Sending survey material via mail, fax and e-mail     Hand delivery of data collection material     Mailing user-id and password to access e-questionnaire     Sending instruction letters via Postel (Hybrid Mail Service Provider) to download the e-questionnaire from Istat INDATA web site     Hand or courier delivery of survey material     Sending requests for the list of the resporting units     Sending the list of the reporting units to be matched to telephone numbers     Paper transmission of reporting units identification data     Sending the reporting unit list with instructions for and update     Sending notice letter to reporting units via Postel (Hybrid Mail Service Provider)   Operations performed by one of the bodies/institutions     Updating and correction of the primary sampling unit frame (for 2/3 - stage samples)     Updating and correction of the second-stage sampling unit frame (for 2/3 - stage samples)     Updating and correction of the reporting unit frame     Draft and use of a paper frame of the primary sampling units (for 2/3 - stage samples)     Draft and use of an electronic frame of the primary sampling units (for 2/3 - stage samples)     Draft and use of a paper frame of the second-stage sampling units (for 3-stage samples)     Draft and use of an electronic frame of the second-stage sampling units (for 3-stage samples)     Draft and use of a paper frame of the reporting units     Draft and use of an electronic frame of the reporting units     Manual drawing of the primary sampling units (for 2/3 - stage samples)     Electronic drawing of the primary sampling units (for 2/3 - stage samples)     Manual drawing of the second-stage sampling units (for 3 - stage samples)     Electronic drawing of the second-stage sampling units (for 3 - stage samples)     Manual drawing of the reporting units     Electronic drawing of the reporting units     Selection of interviewers     Selection and training of the interviewers     Questionnaire printing     Questionnaire pre-filling     Questionnaire delivery to interviewers     Delivery of questionnaire transmission schedule     Printing survey material     Search for phone numbers of reporting units     Development and updating of data collection software     Data entry of identification data on reporting units     Matching reporting unit identification data to telephone numbers     Creation and management of web-based system, IVR system and toll-free for the collection of households phone number Acquisition of administrative data   Administrative record origin     Paper administrative record filled in by whom is concerned abiding by legal requirement     Administrative e-record filled in by whom is concerned abiding by legal requirement     Paper administrative record drafted by a public officer following a mandatory application submitted by an individual     Administrative e-record drafted by a public officer following a mandatory application submitted by an individual     Mandatory administrative record following an event and manually drafted by a public officer (e.g.: medical file)     Mandatory administrative e-record following an event and drafted by a public officer (e.g.: medical file)     Paper administrative record on an body/institution management data filled in by an operator (e.g.: balance sheet)     Administrative e-record on an body/institution management data filled in by an operator     Administrative record following surveys and/or instrumental measurements (e.g. air pollution)     Administrative record abiding by a new law (e.g.: new municipality)   Administrative data collection     Individual administrative data collection       Acquisition of a database containing individual administrative data from administrative head offices       Acquisition of photocopies of individual administrative data from administrative head offices       Acquisition of a database containing individual administrative data from reporting bodies/institutions (hospitals, municipalities)       Individual administrative data collection from reporting bodies/institutions by means of photocopies, faxes       Individual administrative data collection from reporting bodies/institutions by means of transcription on Istat form       Acquisition of a database containing individual administrative data from intermediate bodies/institutions       Individual administrative data collection from intermediate bodies/institutions by means of photocopies, faxes, scanners       Individual administrative data collection from intermediate bodies/institutions by means of transcription on Istat form       Acquisition of individual administrative data in electronic format from reporting bodies/institutions (hospitals, municipalities)     Pre-processed administrative data collection       Acquisition of a database containing pre-processed administrative data from administrative head offices       Acquisition of a database containing pre-processed administrative data from reporting bodies/institutions (hospitals, municipalities)       Pre-processed administrative data collection from reporting bodies/institutions by means of transcription on Istat form (hospitals, municipalities)       Acquisition of a database containing pre-processed administrative data from intermediate bodies/institutions       Pre-processed administrative data collection from intermediate bodies/institutions by means of transcription on Istat form       Acquisition of a paper register of statistical data from a central administration     Acquisition of statistical data collected while drafting administrative records       Acquisition of a database containing statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from administrative head offices       Acquisition of paper registers of statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from administrative head offices       Acquisition of a database containing statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from reporting bodies/institutions       Acquisition of paper registers of statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from reporting bodies/institutions       Acquisition of a database containing statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from intermediate bodies/institutions       Acquisition of paper registers of statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from intermediate bodies/institutions     Acquisition of pre-processed statistical data collected while drafting administrative records       Acquisition of a database containing pre-processed statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from administrative head offices       Acquisition of a database containing pre-processed statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from reporting bodies/institutions       Acquisition of pre-processed statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from reporting bodies/institutions by means of transcrip       Acquisition of a database containing pre-processed statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from intermediate bodies/instituti       Acquisition of pre-processed statistical data collected while drafting administrative records from intermediate bodies/institutions by means of transc   Administrative data transmission mode     Administrative data transmission on paper     Administrative data transmission on electronic devices (floppy, CD-ROM, etc.)     Electronic transmission of administrative data       Administrative data transmission via GINO platform       Administrative data transmission via Istat web site INDATA       Administrative data transmission via Istat web site other than INDATA       Administrative data transmission via a non-Istat web site       Administrative data transmission via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) on public network       Administrative data transmission via e-mail       Administrative data transmission via ARCAM portal       Acquisition of administrative data from the ANPR National Registry System of the Resident Population Data collection mode   Face to face interviewing     Face to face interviewing with paper questionnaire     Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)   Telephone interviewing     Telephone interviewing by paper questionnaire     Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)   Mail self-administered data collection     Mail self-administered data collection by paper questionnaire     Mail self-administered data collection by paper diary     Mail self-administered interviewing by e-questionnaire (Computer Assisted Self Interviewing - CASI)     Mail self-administered interviewing by e-diary (Computer Assisted Self Interviewing (CASI)   Self-administered questionnaire delivery and collection by interviewers     Self-administered paper questionnaire delivery and collection by interviewers     Self-administered paper diary delivery and collection by interviewers     Self-administered e-questionnaire (Computer Assisted Self Interviewing - CASI)     Self-administered e-diary (Computer Assisted Self Interviewing - CASI)   Self-administered data collection via electronic transmission     Self-administered data collection by e-questionnaire (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing-CAWI) or through upload of datasets on Istat web site INDATA     Self-administered data collection by questionnaire available on an Istat web site other than INDATA or Enterprises Portal (CAWI)     Self-administered data collection by questionnaire available on a non-Istat web site (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing - CAWI)     Self-administered questionnaire sent by e-mail     Self-administered data collection by questionnaire sent via Certified E-Mail     Self-administered data collection by e-questionnaire (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing - CAWI) on Istat Enterprises Portal     Self-administered data collection and trasmission through Istat portal ARCAM     Self-administered data collection by e-questionnaire (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing - CAWI) through GINO++   Data collection by web search   Scanner data collection   Data collection via web scraping Flows of activities through bodies/institutions after data collection   Transmission operations among bodies/institutions     Mailing filled-in questionnaires     Sending filled-in questionnaires via courier     Mailing data on electronic devices (floppy disks, CDs)     Sending data on electronic devices (floppy disks, CDs) via courier     Web data transmission     Questionnaire hand collection     Sending filled-in questionnaires via mail or fax     E-mail transmission of electronic sheets via     Receiving of documents via ordinary mail, e-mail and fax     E-mail data transmission     Sending filled-in questionnaires via Postel (Hybrid Mail Service Provider) or e-mail     Sending filled-in questionnaires via mail, fax and e-mail     Sending filled-in questionnaires via mail or on the web     Sending filled-in questionnaires via mail and e-mail     Sending filled-in questionnaires via mail and courier     Sending filled-in questionnaires via mail, fax and on the web     Sending filled-in questionnaires via fax server, fax, e-mail and ordinary mail     Transmission on the web of filled-in questionnaires     Sending filled-in questionnaires via courier and recorded data via e-mail     Sending filled-in questionnaires via fax-server, fax, e-mail, ordinary mail and on the web     Sending filled-in questionnaires via mail and fax server     Sending by mail, fax or e-mail the results of analyses on data collected by the body/institution     E-mailing the results of analyses on data collected by the body/institution     Data transmission by file upload via INDATA web site     Sending filled-in questionnaire via web, by mail or delivery to Municipal Collection Centres or to enumerators     Forwarding Accounts of comparison between Census data and municipal population Register via certified mail or by letter with advice of delivery   Operations performed by one of the bodies/institutions     Questionnaire formal review (completeness, coherence)     Questionnaire content review (control of variable values)     Coding reporting units     Coding observation units     Coding reporting bodies/institutions     Coding intermediate bodies/institutions     Coding open questions     Selection of coders     Data entry     Data processing     Filling in the questionnaires     Drafting a list of nonrespondents     Informing reporting bodies/institutions on data variations after check     Filling-in expedition notes     Running editing and imputation programmes as provided by Istat     Data archive validation     Accounts’ receipt monitoring, classification and storage Data pre-processing   Manual revision     Error detection based on consistency edits     Manual error correction forcing wrong values on the base of experience     Manual error correction forcing wrong values on the base of deterministic rules as reported in a manual or document     Manual error correction forcing wrong values on the base of previous correct data of the same survey     Manual error correction forcing wrong values on the base of correct data from other surveys or sources     Manual error correction based on reporting unit follow-up     Manual error correction based on reporting body/institution follow-up     Manual error correction during collection by interviewers of a paper diary   Coding     Manual coding assisted by paper lists or computer screens     Computer assisted coding supported by interactive software (expert systems)     Automatic coding (fully electronic)   Data entry     Optical reading data entry     Manual data entry       Data entry by a dedicated Istat unit       Data entry by Istat section in charge of the survey       Data entry by Istat sections other than the one in charge of the survey       Outsourcing data entry       Data entry from bodies/institutions external to Istat (E.g. Regional statistical offices)   Revision during data entry     Automatic error detection during data entry based on consistency edits     Error correction during data entry by imputation based on operator experience     Error correction by imputation based on previous correct data of the same survey     Error correction by imputation based on correct data from other surveys or sources     Error correction during data entry based on reporting unit follow-up     Error correction during data entry based on reporting body/institution follow-up     Automatic error correction during data entry based on deterministic rules     Automatic error correction during data entry based on previous correct data of the same survey   Revision after data-entry     Manual error correction by comparison with paper questionnaires (on a sample basis)   Revision of postal address data     Address verification     Adress geocoding     Address duplicate check     Personal data validation   Organising data in various files     Splitting questionnaire according to various record types     Sorting out record sets of the same questionnaire     Sorting out record sets of the same analysis unit     Review based on constraints among records of the same survey   Data integration     Ricostruzione della chiave di abbinamento     Costruzione delle variabili target e riclassificazione     Data processing for definition reconcilation     Data processing for classification reconcilation     Riconciliazione dei valori tra fonti     Creazione di un dataset armonizzato di dati di fonte amministrativa     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     Calcolo di variabili derivate Editing and imputation   Fully deterministic procedures     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation based on deterministic rules (IF-THEN)     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation based on deterministic modelling   Fully probabilistic procedures     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and nearest-neighbour donor imputation     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and random donor imputation     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation based on stochastic modelling   Fully interactive procedures on recorded data     Error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on experience     Error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on data from previous editions of the same survey     Error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on data from other surveys or sources     Error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on questionnaire review     Error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on respondent follow-up     Error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on respondent body/institution follow-up     Error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on the available auxiliary variables   Mixed procedures: deterministic detection and probabilistic imputation     Deterministic error and outlier detection and nearest-neighbour donor imputation     Deterministic error and outlier detection and random donor imputation     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation based on stochastic modelling   Mixed procedures: deterministic detection and imputation by clerical reviewers     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on experience     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on data from previous editions of the same survey     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on data from other surveys or sources     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on questionnaire review     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on respondent follow-up     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on respondent body/institution follow-up     Deterministic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on the available auxiliary variables   Mixed procedures: probabilistic detection and deterministic imputation     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation based on deterministic rules (IF-THEN)     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation based on deterministic modelling   Mixed procedures: probabilistic detection and imputation by clerical reviewers     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on experience     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on data from previous editions of the same survey     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on data from other surveys or sources     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on questionnaire review     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on respondent follow-up     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on respondent body/institution follow-up     Probabilistic error and outlier detection and imputation by clerical reviewers based on the available auxiliary variables   Mixed procedures: interactive detection on recorded data and deterministic imputation     Error and outlier detection by clerical reviewers and imputation based on deterministic rules (IF-THEN)     Error and outlier detection by clerical reviewers and imputation based on deterministic modelling   Mixed procedures: interactive detection on recorded data and probabilistic imputation     Error and outlier detection by clerical reviewers and nearest-neighbour donor imputation     Error and outlier detection by clerical reviewers and random donor imputation     Error and outlier detection by clerical reviewers and imputation based on stochastic modelling Data processing   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 Istat divisions other than National Accounts     Setting up definitive 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     Processing final indexes     Setting up final macrodata files for Sistan bodies     Setting up final macrodata for International Bodies   Processing data undergoing a revision policy     Processing macrodata undergoing a revision policy     Processing indexes undergoing a revision policy   Processing methods     Use of seasonal adjustment procedures     Estimate calculation     Use of working days adjustment procedures     Maps production     Application of procedures for the elaboration of indexes, deflation and seasonal adjustment   Setting up and/or updating an Istat local register   Forecasting data processing     Forecasting macrodata estimate   Constructing time series   Constructing indicators Data validation   Coherence control with previous data of the same survey   Coherence control with data from other surveys or sources   Control of influential unit data, strongly contributing to computation of aggregates (e.g. large enterprises)   Coherence control among indicators of different analysis units of the same survey Data storage   Microdata file storage in Istat Validated microdata repository (ARMIDA)   Data storage in a local repository   Data storage in a central server 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   Press release dissemination ("Statistiche-Flash", "Statistiche-Report", "Statistiche-Focus", "Note informative")   Editing publications     Publication of final data on survey-specific volumes (Series Yearbooks, "Informazioni", etc.)     Publication of provisional data (e.g. "Nota rapida", etc.)     Publication of data on Istat general volumes (Statistical Yearbook, "Conoscere l'Italia", Italian Statistical Compendium, etc.)     Publication of insights or specific studies (Series "Argomenti", "Metodi e Norme", etc.)     Publishing data in volumes of International Organisations (OECD, Eurostat, etc.)     Data dissemination for Sistan bodies publications     Publication of data on sectorial volumes (E.g. Rapporto sul turismo italiano)   Dissemination in dissemination data bases or information systems     Dissemination in Istat data bases accessible at the Data shop, Regional Offices or other locations     Dissemination in data bases on the Internet or other networks or electronic systems as BBS (Bulletin Board System)     Dissemination on international dedicated networks meeting dissemination standards (UN, Eurostat, OECD, WHO)     Dissemination via Internet in an information system   Machine To Machine data dissemination   Microdata availability to external users     Release of File Standard     Microdata File for Research (MFR) release     Access to the laboratory for the Analysis of Elementary Data (ADELE)     Release of files for Sistan     Release of public use file (mIcro.STAT) 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 an action plan after evaluation Replanning survey procedures and tools   Replanning the statistical target population   Replanning questionnaire design   Replanning questionnaire form (e.g. from paper to electronic form)   Replanning classification and coding   Replanning sampling design   Replanning frame implementation   Replanning analysis unit contact and observation: direct interviewing, telephone interviewing, photocopy of administrative documents, etc.   Replanning data collection and transmission modes   Replanning information system for data collection monitoring   Replanning data entry   Replanning editing and imputation techniques   Replanning procedures for consistency edits and automatic corrections   Replanning software for analysis and result tabulation   Replanning means and technical devices for result dissemination   Replanning in concurrence with change of base year