1. Working with corrections
at Statistics Sweden
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2. Working with corrections
Corrections are necessary but unplanned
Corrections should be made if there are errors in figures or commentary
Corrections can be made to final and preliminary statistics
It should be made clear when a correction has been made
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Problem areas
Corrections are handled in different ways
Corrections are not always transparent to users
There is a need for guidelines and a clear process:
What is our policy on corrections?
Who does what, who is responsible?
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4. Principle regarding corrections
All important corrections to be transparent to users
Information on corrections to be shown in different places
Information on corrections to be shown for varying periods of time
Inaccuracies in a publication to be corrected
Correction notices to contain: correction, possible explanatory information and date
Only the corrected version of an electronic publication should remain on the website
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5. Transparency of corrections on the website
Some examples …
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notification
Users subscribing to “release of new statistics” via also gets notifications when corrections have been made to that statistics
Notification is not sent automatically but only after an assessment of importance of the error
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Archiving
Corrected publications and press releases should be archived
Two copies of archive printouts of web publication
Correction notification of printed publications should be archived
A copy of an archive printout of a corrected press release
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Finally
Assessment of importance of corrections to determine how to present it
Further work with guidelines, containing all publishing formats and types of corrections
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