Subject description
Institutions and organisation of statistical systems (European statistical system. Official statistics in Slovenia. International institutions.)
Principles of official statistics:
- Fundamental principles of official statistics.
- Code of practice of European statistics.
- Specifics of other countries.
Measurement in official statistics:
- Domains of official statistics.
- From concepts through data collection to disseminated statistical data.
- Statistical units and statistical classifications.
- Quality in official statistics.
Processes of statistical production.
Dissemination of official statistics (different communication channels and tools for different kinds of audience).
Other relevant issues in official statistics.
The subject is taught in programs
Objectives and competences
Course objective is to introduce students to institutional, legal and organisational aspects of official statistics in Slovenia, Europe and elsewhere; and to methodological bases of measurement in official statistics.
Competences:
- Understanding the functioning of official statistics.
- Search, evaluation and use of metadata and ability to judge the quality of data on this basis.
- Use of adequate statistical standards in research.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures, seminars, assignments, presentations.
Part of the pedagogical process will be carried out with the help of ICT technologies and the opportunities they offer.
Expected study results
Students will become familiar with institutional, legal and organisational bases, and principles of functioning of official statistics. They will understand the fundamentals of measurement in official statistics. They will be able to judge implications of these bases for the functioning of official statistics and quality of data in official statistics, especially with regard to limitations that arise from measurement and processes of statistical production.
Basic sources and literature
- Handbook of Statistical Organization, 3. izdaja, UN, 2003 [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/SeriesF/SeriesF_88E.pdf].
- Evropski statistični sistem (2017). Kodeks ravnanja evropske statistike. Dostopno na https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/File/DocSysFile/10190/KODEKS.pdf
- Eurostat (2020). Your companion guide to international statistical classifications. Najdeno na https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/miscellaneous/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_GENINFO_CLASS
- UNECE. The Generic Statistical Business Process Model. [https://statswiki.unece.org/display/GSBPM/Generic+Statistical+Business+Process+Model]
- van Delden, A., Lorenc, B., Struijs, P. and Zhang, L.-C. (2018). Letter to the Editor: On statistical unit errors in business statistics. Journal of Official Statistics 34, 573-580. Najdeno na https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/jos/34/2/article-p573.xml
- Izbrani znanstveni in strokovni članki ter dokumenti in podatki na spletnih straneh Statističnega urada Republike Slovenije, Eurostata, mednarodnih ustanov in tujih statističnih uradov.
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