Course Leaders | Eric Schulte Nordholt and Peter-Paul de Wolf |
| Target Group | Staff members dealing with statistical confidentiality, especially staff in Research Data Centres or Safe Centres. The course is intended for staff checking output that was created by external researchers or output from varying statistical analyses created by colleagues in statistical offices. |
| Entry Qualifications | Sound command of English. This course is intended for staff working with statistical confidentiality, particularly those involved in output checking within Research Data Centres or statistical offices. Participants should have prior experience with statistical analysis and confidentiality practices. |
| Objective(s) | The objective of this course is to introduce participants to the practice of output checking for confidentiality risks. The course focuses on output that is generated by researchers from official microdata. In most cases researchers will have had access to microdata through the Research Data Centre of the data producer to produce the output. |
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| Expected Outcome | Better understanding of theory and methods used when statistical output that has been created by researchers is checked for statistical confidentiality. |
| Training Methods | The course programme should be a mix of theoretical background, practical application and group discussion, provided through:
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Required Reading | None |
| Suggested Reading | Guidelines for Output Checking Statistical Disclosure Control (2012) by A. Hundepool, J. Domingo-Ferrer, L. Franconi, S. Giessing, E. Schulte Nordholt, K. Spicer and P.P. de Wolf, Wiley Series in Survey Methodology, ISBN 978-1-1199-7815-2 |
| Required Preparation | Participants will be required to bring and present two examples of output for discussion in the training. These should be two outputs that they themselves or colleagues have checked in their Statistical Institute and found challenging or interesting or that illustrate a rule of output checking. |
| Trainer(s)/ Lecturer(s) | Eric Schulte Nordholt (Statistics Netherlands) Peter-Paul de Wolf (Statistics Netherlands) Annu Cabrera (Statistics Finland) Marieke de Vries (Statistics Netherlands) |
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Start date | End Date | Duration | Where | Address | APPLICATION VIA National Contact Point |
21 October 2026 | 22 October 2026 | 2 days | The Hague, Netherlands | The Hague, Henri Faasdreef 312 Netherlands | Deadline for application:
NEW DEADLINE: 07/09/2026 |