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Identical coursesOfficial Statistics (B-KUL-G0U73A)
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Molenberghs Geert (coordinator) | Beerten Roeland | Molenberghs Geert | Schelfaut Wendy Aims
At the end of the course, students will have:
- knowledge of the organization and production of the official statistics in Belgium and Europe
- knowledge of the regulation of data collection and data dissemination
- insight in the architecture of databases
- knowledge of the use of administrative data in the production of official statistics
- knowledge of the methodology of register based statistics
- knowledge about the quality assessment of official statistics
- deepened knowledge of some specific applications in different areas: Census; Macro economic statistics, Social and business statistics.
Previous knowledge
basic knowledge in social science research methodology and basic statistics.
Order of Enrolment
This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
G0U74A : Internship
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
G0U73B : Official Statistics
Is included in these courses of study
- Master of Statistics and Data Science (on campus) (Leuven) (European Master of Official Statistics (EMOS)) 120 ects.
- Master of Statistics and Data Science (on campus) (Leuven) (Statistics and Data Science for Business) 120 ects.
- Master of Statistics and Data Science (on campus) (Leuven) (Statistics and Data Science for Social, Behavioral and Educational Sciences) 120 ects.
- Master of Statistics and Data Science (Abridged Programme - Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences) (No new enrollments as from 2023-2024) (Leuven) (Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences) 60 ects.
- Courses for Exchange Students Faculty of Science (Leuven)
Activities
4 ects. Official Statistics (B-KUL-G0U73a)
Content
General introduction of the organization and production of the official statistics in Belgium and Europe with special attention to the European statistics code of practice for the national and community statistical authorities.
Specific applications in different areas will be presented: Census; Macro economic statistics, Social and business statistics. The applications are used to introduce different aspects of :
- regulation and legislation (privacy issue and linking of databases)
- architecture of data bases
- (statistical) methodology of register based statistics
- quality assessment and discussion of differences between sample based and register based statistics
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A set of lectures will be organized. During the lectures different experts in different areas will present some cases.
These lectures will be practical oriented.
Is also included in other courses
Evaluation
Evaluation: Official Statistics (B-KUL-G2U73a)
Explanation
The details and consequences for students who do not submit the project in time can be found on Toledo