Statistical Terms Glossary

See Information, Communication, Technology (ICT) Goods

Is the result of the merger of two well-known projects, ITU’s Digital Access Index (DAI)2 and Orbicom’s Digital Divide Index. ICT Opportunity Index so as to measure access to and usage of ICT by individuals and households in its inclusive sense.

An online forum in which feedback and comments about programmes, project proposals and funding opportunities can be presented and solicited.

Has been developed to assist in the development of security standards by bringing together information about existing standards and current standards work in key standards development organizations.

It is intended to provide a Single Point of Contact ("SPOC") to meet the communications needs of both Users and IT and to satisfy both Customer and IT Provider objectives

Payments received by IDA in the form of reimbursements for credits made.

Developing country which is entitled to receive IDA credits because its per capita income is below the IDA norm.

Information that allows the identification of the survey respondent or data provider that it relates to its identification to be determined either directly (e.g. by name, address, reference number) or indirectly (e.g. by some distinguishing feature such as business activity, size, location).

Is the association of a particular record within a set of data with a particular population unit.

A dataset that contains formal identifiers.

This risk is defined as the probability that an intruder identifies at least one respondent in the disseminated microdata. This identification may lead to the disclosure of (sensitive) information about the respondent. The risk of identification depends on the number and nature of quasi-identifiers in the microdata and in the a priori knowledge of the intruder.

An automatic identification system is a system to: Provide information - including the ship’s identity, type, position, course, speed, navigational status and -other safety related information - automatically to appropriately equipped shore stations, other ships and aircraft ;Receive automatically such information from similarly fitted ships; -Monitor and track ships; -Exchange data with shore-based facilities.

Are specimens supplied from identified sources with personal identifiers (such as names or patient numbers) which are sufficient to allow the researcher to link directly the biological information and data with the individual from whom the material was obtained.

The purpose of an identifier is to identify a unit and to link it with other units in the register and with administrative and statistical sources. The identity number of a legal unit can be either specific to the statistical business register or an external one, common or shared with other institutions in the Member State, a so called unique identifier.

A variable that either is a formal identifier or forms part of a formal identifier.

Specifications where the items compared in different countries are as close to identical as possible, as for the same brand name and model.

A test that may be used under the axiomatic approach which requires that if the prices remain unchanged between the two periods (that is, the sets of prices are identical) the price index should equal unity.

Land that was cultivated but is now in a state of disuse; abandoned land; fallow land.

The International Association for the Evaluation (IEA) Civic Education Study tested 14-year-olds in 28 countries, including 17 OECD countries, on their knowledge of civic-related content, their skills in understanding political communication, their concepts and attitudes towards civics, and their participation or practice in this area. The test was designed to identify and examine the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their role as citizens in democracies, both inside and outside the school.

See International investment position