Showing Uncertainty of Official Statistics Edwin de Jonge, Jan van der Laan en Jessica Solcer, NTTS 2015, Statistics Netherlands
1. User study with synthetic data (n=108) All statistics are Uncertain Better interpretation when CI’s are shown! 2 StatMine
2. Real data/Real users like CI’s ! 3
Show your margins! All statistics have confidence interval (CI) or error. - But they are mostly not communicated! In contrast to common assumption: - Policymakers/journalists appreciate seeing CI’s - User statements on data are more correct when CI’s are shown (n=108) Official Statistics should strive to publish and communicate their accuracy. 4
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