Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

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international statistical standard set of principles

The Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics are a set of internationally agreed guidelines that define the professional and ethical standards for producing reliable, impartial, and high-quality official statistics.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics	5
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics canonical	3
United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics	2
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics of the United Nations	1
UN Principles Governing International Statistical Activities	1

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Target entity: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Context triple: [United Nations Statistical Commission, notableWork, Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics]

A. Code of Practice for Statistics
The Code of Practice for Statistics is the UK’s official framework of principles and standards designed to ensure that statistics produced by public bodies are trustworthy, high quality, and valuable to users.
B. Statistical Policy Directives
Statistical Policy Directives are authoritative U.S. federal guidelines that standardize how government agencies collect, produce, and disseminate official statistics.
C. U.S. Federal Statistical System
The U.S. Federal Statistical System is the decentralized network of federal agencies responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating official national statistics on the economy, population, health, and other key aspects of American life.
D. United Nations System of National Accounts
The United Nations System of National Accounts is an internationally agreed statistical framework that provides standardized concepts, definitions, classifications, and accounting rules for measuring a country’s economic activity and compiling national accounts such as GDP.
E. Statistical Methods for Research Workers
Statistical Methods for Research Workers is a foundational 1925 statistics textbook by Ronald A. Fisher that helped establish modern statistical theory and practice in scientific research.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
Target entity description: The Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics are a set of internationally agreed guidelines that define the professional and ethical standards for producing reliable, impartial, and high-quality official statistics.

A. Code of Practice for Statistics
The Code of Practice for Statistics is the UK’s official framework of principles and standards designed to ensure that statistics produced by public bodies are trustworthy, high quality, and valuable to users.
B. Statistical Policy Directives
Statistical Policy Directives are authoritative U.S. federal guidelines that standardize how government agencies collect, produce, and disseminate official statistics.
C. U.S. Federal Statistical System
The U.S. Federal Statistical System is the decentralized network of federal agencies responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating official national statistics on the economy, population, health, and other key aspects of American life.
D. United Nations System of National Accounts
The United Nations System of National Accounts is an internationally agreed statistical framework that provides standardized concepts, definitions, classifications, and accounting rules for measuring a country’s economic activity and compiling national accounts such as GDP.
E. Statistical Methods for Research Workers
Statistical Methods for Research Workers is a foundational 1925 statistics textbook by Ronald A. Fisher that helped establish modern statistical theory and practice in scientific research.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international statistical standard ⓘ set of principles ⓘ
addresses	accessibility of official statistics ⓘ accuracy of official statistics ⓘ coherence of official statistics ⓘ prevention of misuse of statistics ⓘ relevance of official statistics ⓘ timeliness of official statistics ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Statistical Commission ⓘ
adoptionYear	1994 ⓘ
appliesTo	national statistical offices ⓘ official statistics producers ⓘ
basedOn	confidentiality of individual data ⓘ ethical standards ⓘ international comparability ⓘ professional independence ⓘ scientific methods ⓘ transparency ⓘ
developedBy	United Nations Statistical Commission ⓘ
emphasizes	continuous improvement of statistical systems ⓘ documentation of methods and procedures ⓘ equal access to statistics for all users ⓘ independence from political interference ⓘ objective presentation of statistical information ⓘ
endorsedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
endorsementYearByUNGeneralAssembly	2014 ⓘ
governs	dissemination of official statistics ⓘ production of official statistics ⓘ use of administrative data for statistics ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics of the United Nations ⓘ linked to: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics ⓘ linked to: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
influenced	European Statistics Code of Practice ⓘ regional statistical codes of practice ⓘ
initialAdoptionYear	1992 ⓘ
numberOfPrinciples	10 ⓘ
purpose	to ensure professional independence of official statistics ⓘ to ensure reliability and quality of official statistics ⓘ to foster public trust in official statistics ⓘ to promote impartiality in official statistics ⓘ to promote transparency in statistical methods ⓘ to protect confidentiality of respondents ⓘ
relatedTo	Generic National Quality Assurance Framework ⓘ UN Principles Governing International Statistical Activities ⓘ linked to: Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
requires	clear legal and institutional framework for statistics ⓘ confidential treatment of individual data ⓘ coordination among statistical agencies ⓘ international cooperation in statistics ⓘ professional standards for statistical methods ⓘ transparency of sources and methods ⓘ
usedAsReferenceBy	national statistical systems ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Statistical Commission → notableWork → Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics ⓘ

United Nations statistics systems → guidedBy → Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics ⓘ

United Nations Statistics Division → notableWork → Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics ⓘ

Statistics New Zealand → follows → UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics ⓘ