The continuing evolution of official statistics: some challenges and opportunities

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2016-11
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MacFeely, Stephen
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De Gruyter Open
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10.1515/jos-2016-0041
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As economies, societies, and environments change, official statistics evolve and develop to reflect those changes. In reaction to disruptive innovations arising from globalisation, technological advances, and cultural changes, the pace of change of official statistics will accelerate in the future. The motivation for change may also be more existential than that of the past as official statisticians consider the survival of their discipline. This article examines some of the emerging developments and questions whether they present threats or offer opportunities.
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Big data , Globalisation , Measuring progress , Statistical literacy , Interoperability
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MacFeely, S. (2016) ‘The continuing evolution of official statistics: some challenges and opportunities’, Journal of Official Statistics, 32(4), pp. 789–810. doi: 10.1515/jos-2016-0041
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© 2016, Steve MacFeely / Statistics Sweden. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)