Eurostat methodological skills staff survey:
Lessons learned after the 1st wave
Q&A session 9 September 2015 room A2/45 11:00https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/MethNet2015
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Eurostat methodological skills staff survey• Why?
To map existing methodological skills within Eurostat
• What for? Understanding better our competencies and how they are grouped
• Who? Open to all staff
• How? Linked with new flexible working conditions in Eurostat
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Background
• Initiative proposed at the end of 2014 by the Eurostat 2020 discussion group B on “Permanent Methodological Development”, chaired by Director of A
• Adopted by the DM seminar in April 2015• Launched in June 2015 by Unit B1 in cooperation with
A2 under new sponsorship of Emanuele Baldacci, Director of B
• First wave during July 2015, open to all ESTAT staff• Still up and running
Aim of this presentation
• Snapshot after the "first wave", network visualisation tools (igraph for R)
• - Respondents• - Dimensions
• methodological areas, statistical domains, tools• training activities, active role
• - Lesson learned • - Next steps
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Energy Statistic
Transport
Social Statistics
Science and technology
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National Accounts
International trade
Environmental Statistics
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Business Statistics
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Questionnaire Design
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Population size; analytical
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Regional Statistics/
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Land cover and
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Classifications and metadata standards
Temporal disaggregation
Nowcasting
ArcGIS
Business cycle analysis, S-VARS, G-
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Remuneration and Pensions
Cluster analysis
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Active Role
Informed58%
Active40%
No2%
Training delivering experience
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As a trainer elsewhere
As a trainer for in-house courses
As a workshop facilitator
As a ESTP course trainer
As a ESTP course leader
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Network Visualisation (Areas)
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Active role: full networkarea & tools
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Classification of statistical skillsMICROECONOMETRICS MACROECONOMETRICS MULTIDIMENSIONAL
DATA ANALYSISPROCESSES CONCEPTUALISATION
Model based estimation Time series Inferential statistic Statistical confidentiality
Design and optimisation of statistical processes
Econometrics Indicators, composite and synthetic indices
Descriptive statistics Micro-data access
Metadata models and standards
Linear algebra Indices Data analysis Data validation Enterprise architecture
Sampling Seasonal adjustment Big data analytics, Data mining and data science
Data warehousing
Data integration
Survey methodology Administrative data Data processing Information models and standards
Statistical softwareQuality
Data dissemination
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Network of classes
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Class 1MICROECONOMETRICS
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Class 2MACROECONOMETRICS
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Class 3MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS
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Class 4PRACTICAL PROCESSES
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Class 5 CONCEPTUALISATION
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Lesson learned
• About half of participants ready to take up an active role
• Strong expertise in Data analysis, Time Series and Econometrics• Most common tools SPSS, SAS and R• More than half have training delivery experience
• Identification of Centre of Competence might be based on a classification
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Next steps
September 2015• Survey link will be kept open, please participate if
you have not done so yet• Eurostat Methodological Network (Yammer Group)
October 2015• New flexible way of working, network layer• DM paper with structured proposal
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…to kick-off the discussion
• Any views and/or interpretation of what you have seen today?
• Do you see gaps in competencies emerging from the survey?