ABS Quality Information Papers

ABS Data Quality Framework

ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2007, Information Paper: Quality Dimensions of the Australian National Accounts, August 2007, cat. no.   5216.0.55.002, ABS, Canberra.

ABS 2009, ABS Data Quality Framework, May 2009, cat. no. 1520.0, ABS, Canberra.

Allen, B 2002, “Qualifying Quality – A Framework for Supporting Quality-Informed Decisions”, Proceedings of the Statistics Canada Symposium. ( PDF, 507.58 KB)

Gilbert, N 2010, “ABS Data Quality Framework: Linking Quality Assessment to Development of Performance Indicators”, European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics. ( .doc 53.5 KB)

Lee, G & Allen, B 2001, “Educated Use of Information about Data Quality”, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 53rd Session, Seoul, Korea. ( PDF, 16.78 KB)

Neideck, G 2007, “A Framework for the Accuracy Dimension of Data Quality for Price Statistics”, Ottawa Group, 10th Meeting. ( PDF, 127.02 KB)

ABS Quality Culture Papers


Trewin, D 2002, “The Importance of a Quality Culture”, Survey Methodology, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 125-133, cat. No. 12-001, Statistics Canada,   Ottawa. ( PDF, 507.58 KB)

Yu, F 2003, “Making Data Quality Visible in Practice”, Proceedings of the Statistics Canada Symposium. ( PDF, 180.25 KB)

Quality Management Papers

ABS 2010, Information Paper: Quality Management of Statistical Processes Using Quality Gates, Dec 2010, cat. no. 1540.0, ABS, Canberra.

ABS 2011, Information Paper: Quality Management of Statistical Outputs Produced from Administrative Data, March 2011, cat. no. 1522.0, ABS, Canberra.

ABS 2012, Information Paper: Statistical Quality Incident Response Plan, June 2012, cat. no. 1542.0, ABS, Canberra.

Gilbert, N 2011, “Quality Gates Framework for Statistical Risk Management”, South African Reserve Bank Research Department Seminar. ( PDF, 36.39 KB)

Schubert, P., et al. 2006, “Using Quality Measures to Manage Statistical Risks in Business Surveys”, Proceedings of Q2006 European Conference on Quality in Survey Statistics. ( PDF, 53.36 KB)