Trends in Survey Data Processing

Wouter J Keller

With the rapid changes in Information Technology, the role of the computer in survey processing has changed dramatically.
  

Trends in  Survey Data Processing

Wouter KellerNetherlands Central Bureau of Statistics

TRENDS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

In the past, electronic data processing (EDP) was organised around a single large mainframe computer. As a consequence, there was a central EDP department, a central processing unit, central data, central EDP management, and above all, central system development. The organisation of survey processing reflected this central approach: data-collection and entry, editing, imputation and tabulation were separate processes, often done in batches, with several batch cycles per process. These separate processes were often handled by separate groups or departments, with different types...

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