OECD GLOSSARIES OECD GLOSSARIES 2008 OECD Glossary of Stastistical Terms Over the last two decades, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and other international organisations, in concert with national statistical agencies, have developed a comprehensive set of international statistical guidelines and recommendations covering almost all statistical domains. A cornerstone of these international standards is the set of definitions of data elements and concepts developed to facilitate the compilation of internationally comparable statistics. Given the role of international organisations in promoting the use of “standard” concepts and definitions and in increasing their visibility by making them readily accessible, the OECD has developed the Glossary of Statistical Terms. The OECD Glossary contains a comprehensive set of over 6 700 definitions of key terminology, concepts and commonly used acronyms derived from existing international statistical guidelines and recommendations. In the main, the definitions are quoted word for word from these sources and a detailed reference is provided to enable the user to refer to the complete source document to obtain further information where needed. OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms The online Glossary is regularly updated on Internet throughout the year at the following location: www.oecd.org/std/glossary. OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms The full text of this book is available on line via this link: The full text of this book is available on line via these links: www.sourceoecd.org/generaleconomics/9789264025561 www.sourceoecd.org/employment/9789264042100 Those with www.sourceoecd.org/taxation/9789264042100 access to all OECD books on line should use this link: www.sourceoecd.org/9789264025561 Those with access to all OECD books on line should use this link: www.sourceoecd.org/9789264042100 SourceOECD is the OECD online library of books, periodicals and statistical databases. For moreSourceOECD information is about this award-winning free trials your librarian, write to information us the OECD’s online library ofservice books, and periodicals and ask statistical databases.orFor more at
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