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With the emergence of data journalism and Open Data, official statistics have entered the mainstream. Users of official statistics include the government, the private and financial sectors, the scientific community, and the public. However, the enthusiasm concerning the data revolution has leapt ahead of a reasoned consideration of data quality, and discussing the reliability of official statistics can be a political minefield. To better address the needs of data users, a better understanding of the processes behind data and a more robust vocabulary to discuss data quality are needed.
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Stagars, M. (2016). Introduction. In: Data Quality in Southeast Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60063-9_1
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