1. THE GROWING DEMAND FOR STATISTICS:
challenges & opportunities
Suhermin Ari Pujiati, S.Si
DayaOlahWarta
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2. PHENOMENON :
Significant increase in the demand for
statistical information
• A challenging issue for official
statisticians
• But every challenge is an opportunity
STATISTICIANS have taken advantage
of these opportunities
• Statistical information has improved
• A “silent revolution” (Domingo Solans)
• But, do current statistics satisfy the users?
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3. THE DEMAND INCREASES
• Traditional users grow and expand their
fields of interest
• New users join in
• The scenario changes
• Users are more exacting on quality issues
Traditional users
• International organisations (IMF)
• Governments
• Market players and enterprises
• Researchers
• Public at large
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4. Some newcomers
• Supranational organisations (ECB)
• Decision makers at regional and local
level
Changes in the scenario
• Globalisation
• The ICT revolution
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5. Some challenges from globalisation
• Massive migration inflows
• Internationalisation of the markets
• New interest in remote countries
Some challenges
from the ICT revolution
• New indicators are necessary
• Some of the present statistics become
irrelevant
• Frequent up-dating of definitions and
classifications
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6. The elements of QUALITY
• Relevance
• Coherence
• Timeliness
• Interpretability
• Accessibility
• Accuracy
do current statistics satisfy the users?
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7. Perception of the user
• Not necessarily coincident with the
opinion of the producer
• It depends very much on expectations
(statistical literacy)
• The impossibility to replicate surveys
Decision makers and market players
• Accuracy versus timeliness
• What is really important about accuracy
is not so much increasing it as measuring
it (Sir Claus Moser, 2003)
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8. Researchers
• Consistency of time series
• Accessibility versus confidentiality
• Statistics used in new research fields:
risks and opportunities.
Groups deserving special attention
• The new decision makers
• The media
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10. HardSkill
Soft
Skill
Soft Skill ?
• communication skills
• organizational skills
• Leadership
• Logic
• Effort
• group skills
• ethics
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11. Overview : Research Process
1. Problem Definition
2. Development of an Approach to the
Problem
3. Research Design Formulation
4. Field Work / Data Collection
5. Data Preparation & Analysis
6. Report Preparation & Presentation
What can you do
with your HARDSKILL & SOFTSKILL ?
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12. CONCLUSIONS
• For a positive perception of the users,
improving the statistical production is
important:
THIS IS THE TASK OF OFFICIAL STATISTICIANS
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13. CONCLUSIONS
• But improving the statistical literacy is also
important :
AND, THIS IS A TASK FOR ALL STATISTICIANS
KEY SUCCESS
• Enrich Your Knowledge
• Enrich Your Skill
• Make Improvement
• MARKETING YOUR SELF !!!
(knowledge, hard skill & soft skill)
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