Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook.

Description

The OECD Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook contains guidelines and recommended best practice for the presentation of statistical data and metadata disseminated by national agencies and international organisations in various dissemination media. The Handbook brings together in one publication relevant presentation guidelines embodied in existing international statistical standards where they exist. The Handbook also presents for the first time a standard set of terminologies and guidelines for the presentation of growth rates, indices and seasonally adjusted data developed b.  Read more... Foreword CONTENTS 1. Introduction and overview 2. Standards for the reporting and presentation of statistics 3. Importance of use of common terminology 4. Guidelines for the reporting of different types of data 5. Guidelines for the reporting of different forms of time series data 6. Guidelines for the reporting and dissemination of metadata 7. Guidelines on key reporting practices 8. References Annex Glossary of data and metadata reporting and presentation terms.