The Centre organised a training course on “Basic Data Analysis for Price and Foreign Trade Data” at the Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 24-26 December 2011. The course was provided by an expert from the Centre. The training course on “Basic Data Analysis of Price and Foreign Trade Data” mainly covered the following subjects:
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General information on the global statistical system
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Method of data collection (censuses and sample surveys)
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Data sources (households, business enterprises and administrative records)
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Data quality components (from product and process point of view)
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Key aspects of data validation (editing, coding and cleaning of data)
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Classification systems (economic and social activities, commodities and products)
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Basic concepts and definitions on price statistics
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Basic concepts and definitions on foreign trade statistics
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Best practices on price and foreign trade data collection
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