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Workshop 1999    
Workshop on Application of New Information Technology to Population Data
Bangkok, 12-20 October 1999
Guidelines on the Application of New Technology to Population Data Collection and Capture (Presentation paper)
By Sihar Lumban Tobing
The Need for Guidelines
The Need for Guidelines
Development of the Guidelines
Development of the Guidelines
General Content of the Guideline
  • Description of technologies
  • Case Studies: NSO's Experiences of using the Technologies
  • Glossy
  • Technical Notes
  • Source of Information
Explanation of Each Technology
  1. Description of Technology
  2. System Requirement
  3. Operation & Management of the Technology
  4. Advantage and Disadvantages
  5. Others
Chapters Description
  1. Introduction
  2. Internet Data Collection (IDC)
  3. Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)
  4. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)
  5. Optical Mark Reader (OMR)
  6. Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
  7. Imaging Technology Workflow
Implementation of Modules 2 and 3 to the Draft
Implementation of Modules 2 and 3 to the Draft
Implications
  1. Updating new concepts, terminology, etc.
  2. Adding failure stories, what can go wrong, what is wrong (if anyone contributes)
  3. To add additional Chapter (Integration of different modes of data capture)
  4. To put more information about technical specification, especially public domain, semi public domain ex. BLAISE
  5. To attach samples of questionnaire from several NSOs, so other can learn

 
Pop-IT project (1997-2001)
Project Objectives
Working Party Members
Working Party Meetings
First meeting, Bangkok, 24-26 September 1997
Second meeting, Singapore, 1-3 April 1998
Third meeting, Bali, 7-9 January 1999
Fourth meeting, Manila, 6-9 July 1999
Ffth meeting, Bangkok, 21 October 1999
Sixth meeting, Bangkok, 26 March 2001
Workshops
Application of New Information Technology to Population data, Bangkok, 12-20 October 1999
Population Data Analysis, Storage and Dissemination Technologies, Bangkok, 27-30 March 2001
Guidelines
Population data collection and capture (BBS - Statistics Indonesia)
GPS in modern mapping and GIS technologies to population data (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics)
Population data dissemination (Statistics New Zealand)
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