Abstract
John L. Eltinge and Polly Phipps "Characterization, Evaluation and Management of Prospective Benefits, Costs and Risks in the Development of New Statistical Programs for Energy"
Statistical agencies often need to begin new programs, or to undertake substantial
changes in current programs, due to changes in: (a) the stakeholder needs for statistical
information; (b) the resource base directly available to the statistical agency; or (c) the
overall environment in which collection, analysis and dissemination of data takes place.
This paper reviews some factors that may be important in the management of the
resulting changes, and in the development and implementation of related methodology.
These factors include primary stakeholders, their information needs, and translation of
these needs into specific inferential goals; potential sources of applicable data, including
both surveys and administrative records; feasible methods for collection and analysis of
these data; investments required for the sound development and implementation of these
methods; and evaluation of related prospective benefits, costs and risks arising from
methodological choices.
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