UNECE Work Session on Statistical Data Editing Paris France 2830 April 2014 Marjo PyyMartikainen Baseline How to use scarce resources more efficiently An aim towards standardization of production processes for statistics ID: 1012647
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1. Renewal of Editing Practices at Statistics Finland UNECE Work Session on Statistical Data EditingParis, France, 28-30 April 2014Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
2. BaselineHow to use scarce resources more efficiently?An aim towards standardization of production processes for statisticsEditing recognized as a time-consuming phase of the production process, editing practices heterogeneous Work towards renewal of editing practices at Statistics Finland received a strong mandate from the management Renewal work organized in subsequent projects2Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
3. How it all started: Editing project (7/2009-12/2011)A report on current editing practices at Statistics FinlandCurrent editing practices time-consuming, heterogeneous, often outdated, lacking documentation and quality evaluationA report on international state-of-the-art editing methods and toolsSelective editing should be used if applicable Launching of selective editing by 2015 as one of strategic goals of Statistics FinlandBanff, Selekt and JMP recommended as toolsA generic process model for editing To survey current editing practices at Statistics FinlandTo study current best methods and tools for editing3Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
4. Number of statistics by department and by percentage of working time used for editing4Marjo Pyy-MartikainenDEPARTMENTMissing0–5 6–1011–20 21–30 31–40 41–50 51–60 61–70 71–80 All Population Statistics21677 1 4 4 1 0 9 51 Social Statistics0 634 1 2 0 2 0 0 18 Prices and Wages Statistics1 833 2 3 1 1 2 0 24 Economic Statistics8 534 2 0 3 3 0 3 31 Business Trends Statistics0 833 2 2 0 1 5 0 24 Business Structures Statistics2 581 5 2 1 0 1 12 37 ALL13 482722 13 13 9 8 8 24 185
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6. Further work: Renewal of editing practices in statistics project (9/2012-5/2014) Piloting of the editing model and recommended methods & toolsThe pilot statistics:Statistics on international trade in servicesStatistics on the finance of housing companiesQuarterly statistics on the finances of municipalitiesRegister-based statistics on buildings and dwellings 6Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
7. Renewal of editing practices project: results so farA SAS EG tool for the implementation of the editing model A short course on editing methodsA database of concepts (under construction)Phase of piloting work in statistics: Planning (1) / Implementation (3)Statistics on international trade in services: selective editing reduces the amount of manual editing by 13-18 percentage pointsA roadmap for the implementation of selective editing 7Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
8. Future work: Implementation of selective editing project (9/2014-12/2015) Aims at achieving the strategic goal of launching selective editingThe editing model and the SAS EG tool will be used to implement selective editing in 36 statistics prioritized with the help of the roadmap8Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
9. Some challenges faced…Heads of pilot statistics: having difficulties in allocating enough time for the renewal workEditing staff: some of the new methods seem to be difficult to understand, concerns about the new editing tool taking over their tasksIT experts: the type of expertise needed is a scarce resourceExperts in statistical methods: the best expert in editing as a project leader -> editing expertise not in full useCoordination of work needed from different parties difficult!9Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
10. …and possible solutionsTraining & documentation of the methods and tools to get support of all personsProject management experts as project leaders Modern methods of work (e.g. Scrum) to help allocate working time and coordinate work of different parties 10Marjo Pyy-Martikainen
11. 11Marjo Pyy-MartikainenThank you for your attention!marjo.pyy-martikainen@stat.fi