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2002 December Report of the Auditor General of Canada
December 2002 Report—Chapter 6
Exhibit 6.5—Key elements of policy on informing users of data quality and methodology
Key elements
- Statistics Canada will make available to users indicators of the quality of data it disseminates and descriptions of the underlying concepts and methodology.
- Statistical products will be accompanied by or make explicit reference to documentation on quality and methodology.
- Documentation on quality and methodology will conform to standards and guidelines issued under this policy.
Mandatory documentation requirements
Specific standards for documentation of quality include the following requirements for data accuracy:
- a statement of the key data accuracy issues;
- data accuracy measures of coverage, or at least a coverage rate;
- estimates of sampling errors for key characteristics; and
- response rate and imputation rate.
Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada, Policy on informing users of data quality