Definition: Services

Category: Statistical agency organization

Services are activities carried out by the statistical agency to create a statistical information product. Examples of "services" include providing an algorithm for the selection of a sample of small businesses from a shared register; testing for residual disclosure in a particular table; and testing a time series to see if it meets a set of conditions that makes it eligible for seasonal adjustment http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_88_EN.pdf