WORKSHOP GROUP ON QUALITY IN STATISTICS Statistic Portugal experience in an ex-ant “certification” of the Statistical processes (Technical Approval) WORKSHOP GROUP ON QUALITY IN STATISTICS 6th December 2016 Magda Ribeiro Statistics Portugal | Planning Control and Quality Unit

Methodological document Statistical Production Processes Handbook ≈ GSBPM Methodological document

Methodological document Statistical Production Processes Handbook ≈ GSBPM Technical Approval Technical dialogue Methodological document

Technical Approval Process Technical dialogue Experts Coordinator of the process = subject matter department Data collection department Methods Unit IT Unit + Dissemination unit and Planning/Financial and quality units comprehensive Standard Methodological Document Internal procedure and guidelines support the technical approval process Formal approval of the board Process also in place to ONA - within SP coordination function Similar template, also availably in metadata system guarantying that best scientific methods and tools are applied to the statistical process individually, by means of internal rules and a transparent technical dialogue between the different teams

Technical Approval Process Predefined outline Identification of the statistical activity (internal codes, previous versions and updates, unit responsible...); Rationale and justification for the new version (if applicable); Identification of needs, scope and financial resources involved; main general characteristics (type, sources, periodicity, geographical detail, main users, revisions, principal indicators, standard release date); Methodological items (population, sampling frame, observation unit, sample design, questionnaire design, collecting data – used method, definition of the period, use of proxies); Processing of data (analysis and validation, non-response, data adjustments, comparability and coherence, confidentiality); List of primary variables and data collection instruments; List of non primary variables; dissemination plan; List of concepts and classifications used.

Methodological document Metadata system - SMI Methodological document

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