Definition: Disturbing the data

Category: Statistical methodologies

This process involves changing the data in some systematic fashion, with the result that the figures are insufficiently precise to disclose information about individual cases. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SDC_Handbook.pdf
Source:
ESSNet SDC (Network of Excellence in the European Statistical System in the field of Statistical Disclosure Control), under the coordination of Anco HUNDEPOOL, "Handbook on Statistical Disclosure Control", version 1.2 (2010 Edition)
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