Definition: Original data

Category: OECD - Data and Metadata Reporting

Statistical information that has not undergone any transformation process such as the compilation of indices, growth rates or ratios. Original data are normally expressed either in physical unit terms (tonnes, cubic metres, etc.) or as values (at current or constant prices). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/OECD_data_metadata_report_handbook_EN.pdf
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Task force on data and metadata presentation for the OECD Short-term Economic Statistics Working Party (STESWP), Paris, 2004 [quoted in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), "Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook", OECD, Paris, 2007]
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