Making Quality Informed Decisions - Training Course in Sydney

Where: Sydney CBD

When: 20 November 2008

This course is intended to assist people to effectively use a quality framework to systematically understand quality issues associated with using data sources. This course will also equip participants with the necessary skills to apply that understanding when making a decision (eg, on policy), and is designed to take participants through the key fundamentals of data quality assessment. There is also a strong emphasis on the importance of using good quality data to promote informed decision-making.

Who should attend? People who analyse and use data from a wide range of sources with a focus on making policy-based decisions. This course is also suitable for those who may need to develop and manage data collections, and wish to look at quality improvement.

Course Outcomes

• Ability to determine a data need using a quality framework
• The skills to quality assess and evaluate possible data sources in the context of the data need (using a quality framework)
• Ability to identify the limitations of a data source
• Using the results of the evaluation, the knowledge and ability to apply risk management concepts to make an informed decision

Course contents

• Learning about the ABS data quality framework
• Framing data needs
• Researching and organising data sources
• Learning to assess datasets in context of data needs
• Understanding the impact of data limitations on the decision
• Using risk management to make a quality informed decision

Cost $450 (inc. GST)

For further information

Contact	:	Imogene McKinnon
Phone	:	02 9268 4651
Fax	:	02 9268 4138
Email	:	training@abs.gov.au
WWW	:	http://www.abs.gov.au