Manuals, Sources and Methods

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2004 Data Collection on Education Systems - UOE data Collection Manual

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13-May-2004

The objective of the UNESCO-UIS/OECD/EUROSTAT data collection on education statistics is to provide internationally comparable data on key aspects of education systems, specifically on the participation ...

OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics: Concepts, Standards, Definitions and Classifications

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28-Apr-2004

For well over a decade, the OECD has developed and published a broad range of comparative indicators that provide insights into the functioning of education systems. These provide crucial information on ...

Education at a Glance: OECD Indictators - 2003: Coding of Missing Data (UOE source)

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26-Mar-2004

The correct use of the missing codes is an essential condition to ensure the integrity of the data. Different reasons why there are no data in a particular instance need to be distinguished in the statistical ...

Completing the Foundation for Lifelong Learning - An OECD Survey of Upper Secondary Schools: Survey Operations Manual

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13-Feb-2004

Quality Framework for OECD Statistical Activities

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17-Dec-2003

The Quality Framework sets guidelines for improving quality of OECD statistics, addressing processes for collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of data and metadata

Short-Term Economic Statistics in China: Sources and Methods

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15-Aug-2003

This Statistics Directorate and Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members Working Paper 2003/3 contains a detailed description of the methodology used in the compilation of some key short-term economic statistics of China.

Structural Statistics for Industry and Services (SSIS) - Methodological Country Notes

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06-May-2003

Methodological country notes used in the publication "Structural Statistics for Industry and Services (SSIS)".

Handbook of National Accounting: Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting 2003 (SEEA 2003)

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31-Mar-2003

The revision of the SEEA 2003 was undertaken under the joint responsibility of the United Nations, Eurostat, IMF, OECD and the World Bank. Much of the work was done by the London Group on Environmental ...

OECD Statistical Programme of Work 2003

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26-Feb-2003

The Programme is divided into two parts: the first describes the most important components of the OECD Statistics Strategy launched in 2001 and provides a summary of activities envisaged in 2003. The second ...

An Update of the OECD Composite Leading Indicators - December 2002

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06-Dec-2002

The update outlined in this document ensures that the CLI calculation is based on more up-to- date chronologies of turning points. As a result, the trend estimation, which is a crucial element of the OECD methodology, will be strongly improved.