Definition: Synthetic data

Category: Statistical methodologies

An approach to confidentiality where instead of disseminating real data, synthetic data that have been generated from one or more population models are released. 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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