Statistical Program Design

Object

Group

Definition

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Synonyms

Statistical Program Design

Business

The specification of the resources required, processes used and description of relevant methodological information about the set of activities undertaken to investigate characteristics of a given Population.

The Statistical Program Design is an objects that provide the operational context in which a set of Business Processes is conducted. 

A simple example is where a Statistical Program relates to a single survey, for example, the Labour Force Survey. The Statistical Program will have a series of Statistical Program Design objects that describe the methodology and design used throughout the life of the survey. When a methodological change is made to the survey, a new Statistical Program Design is created to record the details of the new design.

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Description

Cardinality

Value Type

Name

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Description

Date initiated

First date of validity

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Date

Date ended

Last date of validity

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Date

Status

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Extensible redefined list

e.g. New Proposal, New-Under Development, Current, Completed, Cancelled, Transferred to Another Organisation

Conceptual framework

Describe the conceptual framework for the Statistical Program (e.g. SNA)

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