Study of data collection procedures
dc.contributor.author | Ariyo, Ademola | |
dc.contributor.author | Adeniran, Adebisi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-17T16:23:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-17T16:23:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-03 | |
dc.description | HC 800 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | TheproblemofinconsistencyofAfricandataisnotnew.Thedeterminationofthenature andseverityofthisphenomenon,however,hasbecomeofmuchconcerntointerested observers.TheapropriatenesofthisconcernisreinforcedbythenedofAfrican countriesfortimelyandacuratedatainordertoensurethesucesfulimplementation oftheireconomicreformprogrames.Inthisregard,curentresearchhaspointedout widedivergencesinAfricandatapublishedbyvariousinternationalorganizationsas welasthecentralstatisticalorganizationsandotherpublicagenciesineachcountry. Aspartoftheconcertedefortstoidentifythemajorcausesofthedataproblem,this studyidentifiesthesimilaritiesandmajordiferencesindatageneratingandmanagement activitiesamongselectedorganizations.Twodata-generatingagenciesinNigeriawere alsocoveredbecauseaprecedingstudy,whosefindingspromptedthisresearch,was basedonNigeriaasacasestudy.Thefindingssugestwidedivergencesindefinition andmeasurementofconceptsadoptedbytheseorganizations.Thewidespreadnon- renditionand/ortheinadequacyofreturnsbyAfricanmembercountriestotheinternational andmultilateralinstitutionsalsonecesitaterelianceonstafestimatesassubstitutesfor misingdata.Theselargelyacountforthesignificantdiferencesindataonidentical indexesreportedonthesamecountrybytheseorganizations.Thereportthereforesugests thedevelopmentandenforcementofgeneralyaceptedstatisticalprocedures.Italso advocatestheidentificationandsatisfactionofdata-relatedcapacitynedsofeachAfrican country. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | AERC | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/46 | |
dc.publisher | The African Economic Research Consortium | en_US |
dc.subject | Rata Analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | Rata Collection | en_US |
dc.subject | Malawi | en_US |
dc.title | Study of data collection procedures | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Research Paper 80 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |