Improving quality of statistical data through training

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This paper discusses the concept of quality of statistics, quality control of errors in statistics and improvement of quality of statistics through training. A brief description of a regional programme for training statistical staff called Statistical Training Programme for Africa (STPA) is provided as a model training programme which has been used to train statistical staff to enable, among other things, improvement of the quality of statistical data. In this paper the term "statistics" refers to "statistical data".
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1995-05). Improving quality of statistical data through training. UN. ECA Joint IAOS/AFSA Managing Development in the 1990s and Beyond: New trends in Statistics Conference ( 1995: May.22- 24: Addis Ababa,Ethiopia). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/18424”Conference
UN. ECA Joint IAOS/AFSA Managing Development in the 1990s and Beyond: New trends in Statistics Conference ( 1995: May.22- 24: Addis Ababa,Ethiopia)Collections
- Economic Development [7771]
- Economic Planning and Forecasting [977]
- Economic Statistics [2476]
- Science and Technology [1330]
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