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Edited by
P. Doyle, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington DC, USA
J. Lane, U.S Bureau of the Census, Washington DC, USA
J. Theeuwes, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
L. Zayatz, U.S Bureau of the Census, Washington DC, USA
Description
There is a fundamental tension at the heart of every statistical agency mission. Each is charged with collecting high quality data to
inform the national policy and enable statistical research. This necessitates dissemination of both summary and micro data. Each is
also charged with protecting the confidentiality of survey respondents. This often necessitates the blurring of the data to reduce the
probability of the re-identification of individuals. The tradeoff dilemma, which could well be stated as protecting confidentiality
(avoiding disclosure) but optimizing access, has become more complex as both technological advances and public perceptions have altered
in an information age. Fortunately, statistical disclosure techniques have kept pace with these changes. This volume is intended to
provide a review of new state of the art techniques that directly address these issues from both a theoretical and practical perspective.
It provides a review of new research in the area of confidentiality and statistical disclosure techniques. A major section of the
book provides an overview of new advances in the field of both economic and demographic data in measuring disclosure risk and information
loss. It also presents new information on the different approaches taken by statistical agencies in disseminating data - ranging from
licensing agreements , to secure access and provides a new survey of what statistical disclosure techniques are used by statistical agencies
around the world. This is complimented by a series of chapters on public perceptions of statistical agency actions, including the results
of a new survey on business perceptions. The book concludes with a chapter on the challenges of technology to data protection.
National
Statistical Agencies, statistical practitioners, thinktanks, research organisations and universities will find this a useful tool.
Contents
Introduction. Disclosure limitation methods in use: results of a survey (F. Felso, J. Theeuwes, G.G. Wagner). Information Explosion (L.
Sweeney). Disclosure risk assessment (M. Elliot). Disclosure control methods and information loss for microdata (J. Domingo-Ferrer, V.
Torra). A quantitative comparison of disclosure control methods for microdata (J. Domingo-Ferrer, V. Torra). Disclosure limitation methods
and information loss for tabular data (G.T. Duncan, et al.). Disclosure risk for tabular economic data (L.H Cox). Nonperturbative
disclosure control methods for tabular data (S. Giessing). Disclosure limitation in longitudinal linked data (J.M. Abowd, S.D. Woodcock).
Licensing (M.M. Seastrom). Issues in the establishment and management of secure research sites (T. Dunne). The potential of confidentiality
and attitudes toward data sharing by federal agencies (E. Singer). The privacy context of survey response: an ethnographic account (E.R.
Gerber). Business perceptions of confidentiality (N. Greenia, J. Bradford Jensen, J. Lane).
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 462 pages, publication date: NOV-2001
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-50761-7
ISBN-10: 0-444-50761-2
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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GBP 82.95
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Last update: 23 Jul 2008
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