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Practice 10: Openness About Sources and Limitations of the Data Provided
Pages 95-98

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... Thus, openness about statistical limitations requires much more than providing estimates of sampling error. In addition to a discussion of nonsampling errors (e.g., coverage errors, nonresponse errors, measurement errors, and processing errors)
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... Agencies should be proactive in seeking ways to alert potential users of the data about the nature of a problem and the corrective actions that it is taking or that users should take. Federal statistical agencies should implement quality frameworks for their programs and use these to describe the strengths and limitations of the statistical information produced by the data (see Practices 3 and 6)
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... Such information and metadata should be readily accessible to all known and potential users (see NRC, 1993a, 1997b, 2007b)
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