NTL Record

Title BTS Guide to Good Statistical Practice
Record ID 19881
Source 40p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publication Date 20020900
Language English
Abstract Quality of data has many faces. Primarily, it has to be relevant to its users. Relevance is an outcome that is achieved through a series of steps starting with a planning process that link user needs to data requirements. It continues through acquisition of data that is accurate in measuring what it was designed to measure and produced in a timely manner. Finally, the data must be made accessible and easy to interpret for the users. In a more global sense. data systems also need to be complete and comparable. The creation of data that addresses all of the facets of quality is a unified effort of all of the development phases from the initial data system objectives, through system design, collection, processing, and dissemination to the users. These sequential phases are like links in a chain. The sufficiency of each phase must be maintained to achieve relevance. This document is intended to help management, and data system sponsors achieve relevance through that sequential process.
Rosap ID dot:5250
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5250
TRT Terms Data collection; Information processing; Guidelines; Recommendations; Research management; Data mining; Data sharing; Data quality; Data protection
General Subjects BTS(Bureau of Transportation Statistics); Data processing; Estimates; Methodology; Projections; Statistical data; Surveys; Transportation planning; Transportation statistics; US DOT
Classification NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - Statistics;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Surveys;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY
Geographical
Coverage
United States
OCLC 53311465
TRIS Online
Accession No
1111490
Availability BTS Products
Resource type Manual
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/19000/19800/19881/PB2003101164.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository