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Statistics and users Statistics is a public service and therefore the orientation on user is one of the main priorities of NSI.
It requires direct co-operation of statistics with users particularly in the field of data collection as well as in outputs from the statistical information system.
Some users (especially microdata-users) may be possible statistical respondents and vice versa.
The better and more integrated information the user may receive the more willingly he may collaborate.
There are external users on both national and international level .
The communication with users should focus mainly on:
· Priority-setting in problem solution together with individual user-groups.
· Guarantee of content comparability in accordance with user’s information systems and statistical information system.
· Understandable and integrated description of indicators for users
· Necessity of accepted standard applications
· User's education and training, pilot projections, publishing of positive results in cooperation with users.
On the basis of international experience and co-operation with R&D to search new methods in "feedback" on the dual track Statistics – Users.
- Users Needs: an Impact on Statistics
Jana Melíšková, Czech Statistical Office, Czech Republic
- Foundations of Future Statistical Dissemination: Understanding the Needs of Audiences
Gareth McGuinness, manager of Statistics New Zealand’s Dissemination Development Projects section, Statistics New Zealand, New Zealand
- Statistics for non-statisticians, can we read and understand statistics
Helena Rafalowska, Office for National Statistics, UK
- Understanding the needs of statistical users
David Pullinger, Office for National Statistics, UK
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