Linking Quality Assessment to Development of Performance Indicators Working Session on Statistical Metadata (METIS) Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 March 2010 Narrisa Gilbert Australian Bureau of Statistics [email protected]

Introduction  Australian Bureau of Statistics Data Quality Framework (ABS DQF)  ABS Role    Data provider Advisor Assessor  Data Quality Online  Future  Questions

ABS Data Quality Framework  7 Dimensions        Institutional Environment Relevance Timeliness Accuracy Coherence Interpretability Accessibility

ABS Data Quality Framework  ABS Data Quality Framework, May 2009 (cat no.1520.0)  Quality Declarations on the ABS website:  ABS Quality Declarations a brief summary  Council of Austrlaian Governments (COAG):   Quality Statements www.coag.gov.au

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Page 161 of the National Education Agreement

COAG and Quality Statements

ABS roles  Data Provider   Quality statements - Education, Health Other agencies – Disability, Workforce Skills, Housing  Advisor  Seminars, workshops, training courses  Assessor  Review of quality statements

Data Quality On line  An aide for constructing 'quality statements' using the ABS Data Quality Framework.

 www.nss.gov.au

 19 th March 2010 release  Updates

Data Quality Online

Future  Feedback from users of Data Quality On Line to be incorporated  Expansion of Data Quality On Line to encompass other uses of the ABS Data Quality Framework.

Questions?