Welcome to Volume III of the Statistical Concepts and Defintions

This is a comprehensive list of the common concepts and definitions used in the Uganda National Statistical System and Services.

An important ingredient of the coordination and collaboration effort within the National Statistical System (NSS) is the adoption of a uniform set of concepts and definitions to be used by all data producers and users in order to ensure adherence to common standards in data production and use, and enhanced comparability.

Concepts and definitions together form the essential operating framework of statistics production. The concepts used are usually based on a theoretical or statistical frame of reference and are used to define the subject, the statistical units to be described and/or the population under study.

The concepts used in statistics are generally standard statistical concepts but they can also be standard language concepts that have to be defined. As a living document, it will regularly be updated to include new concepts and definitions and also to cater for any previous omissions from earlier versions.

About Statistical Concepts and Definitions

The purpose of this CD is to provide information that will assist you in interpreting Statistics Uganda's published data. The information (also known as metadata) on this CD is provided to ensure an understanding of the basic concepts that define the data and of the key aspects of the data quality.

Our objective is to:
• explain how data is collected, processed, and published;
• show the classifications systems used to organize and publish statistical data;

Contact Directorate of Coordination and Standards

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