Definition: Restriction based methods

Category: Statistical concept

Restriction based techniques reduce the content of information provided to the user of the macrostatistic by not publishing all the figures derived from the collected data or by not publishing the information as detailed as would be possible regarding the raw data to provide protection for the confidential cases.
Source:
Eurostat, "Manual on disclosure control methods", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1996, p. 15
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