JSM 2004 - Toronto

Abstract #300333

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Activity Number: 36
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Sunday, August 8, 2004 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #300333
Title: The Processing Environment behind a Statistical Program
Author(s): Claude Poirier*+
Companies: Statistics Canada
Address: Generalized System Methods Section, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0T6, Canada
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In developing a statistical program, a national institute must also develop the related technical environment, ideally including common tools. This paper examines the strategy of developing such an environment in considering the scope of the common tools, the user requirements, the hardware and software components, the budget issue, the staffing aspects, and the management pressures. In this context, past lessons must be considered in identifying the set of robust, common, and standardized methods which would most likely satisfy a wide range of internal applications. Furthermore, the environment should be reliable, simple, and flexible enough to be expanded through the years. Given that the end-uses of the tools determine the success of such a project, the promotion of the resulting products is addressed. Statistics Canada's positive as well as negative experience offers the basis for this presentation.

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