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The 14th Discussion: How can Official Statistics find a way out of the fog?

There seems to be currently a situation of confusion on which direction official statistics should develop. Discussions and presentations from conferences, several manuscripts that are submitted to...

2024 IAOS Young Statisticians Prize

Calling all Young Official Statisticians

Papers must be submitted before 11:59 pm (UTC) on 10 February 2024

Pietro Gennari

Pietro Gennari, appointed as incoming Editor in Chief for the Statistical Journal of the IAOS.

The handover is foreseen at the ISI WSC in Ottawa 2023

Closed: The 12th discussion: The positive and negative aspects of ‘standardization’ in official statistics

Though the internationally harmonized statistical standards are the backbone of modern official statistics it seems justified to question if the indicators based on the use of ‘harmonized...

Closed: Official statistics, to be as inclusieve as possible; the 10th discussion

The 10th discussion will focus on the importance to be in official statistics as inclusive as possible and especially to statistically cover the - often very vulnerable - population groups that are...