State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia

Quality

The State Statistical Office (SSO) produces and disseminates official statistics about the Macedonian economy and society as a basis for making decisions based on quality information. Quality is defined as "the totality of characteristics of an entity that bears on its ability to satisfy stated or implied need" (ISO 8402:1986) or "the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics of an object fulfils requirements" (ISO 9000:2005). The quality of statistical results is measured to the extent to which the statistics are relevant, accurate and reliable, timely and punctual, coherent and comparable, accessible and clear, i.e. according to principles 11 to 15 of the European Statistics Code of Practice (2017).

Essential tools for quality assessment (basic level of quality assessment)
   Quality indicators
   Quality reports
   User surveys

Tools for quality assessment on the next level

Self-assessments

Other internal or external assessments

Peer Review

Light Peer Review

Statistics by theme