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Data Quality Online &
the Data Quality Framework
Catherine Andersson (Productivity Commission)
Narrisa Gilbert & Kellie Browning (ABS)

Overview
ABS Data Quality Framework
•Data Quality Online
•Future ideas
•Demonstration of Data Quality Online
•Feedback from users on Data Quality Online

ABS Data Quality Framework
Seven Dimensions
•Institutional Environment
• Relevance
• Timeliness
• Accuracy
• Coherence
• Interpretability
• Accessibility

Uses
Multiple!
• Assess / declare quality (Quality Statements)
• Data gaps (comparing data need with data)
• Data needs
• Designing a collection
• Checklist

Data Quality Online (DQO)
What?
On line ‘assistant’
• Provides information on the ABS Data Quality
Framework and it’s various uses:
• Quality Statements – COAG and General
• Defining a data need
• Designing a collection
• Comparing a data source with a data need

Data Quality Online (DQO)
Why?
ABS Data Quality Framework, cat no 1520.0
COAG reporting
Potential for future endeavours…

Data Quality Online (DQO) - Future
Continuous improvement
Feedback from users
Additional information on frameworks / quality
assurance ‘tools’

Demonstration…

DQO can be found on the
NSS website

Start a new
Quality Statement
Or reload an existing
Quality Statement
Select: declare, define,
compare, design

Hints & tips:
Data need
Questions: for each
type of statement
Hints & tips:
Design

Choose the type of statement
to be produced

Enter your own indicator

The General Purpose stream allows you
to create a quality statement for
admin, survey data; or multiple source

Data Quality Framework
dimension
Free text field

Data Quality Framework
dimension
Data Quality Framework
dimension

Data Quality Framework
dimension

Indicator, measure,
source
Input / metadata
Data Quality Framework
dimensions

www.nss.gov.au/DataQuality/