Statistical Challenges of Administrative and Transaction Data
本文指出行政数据虽具优势，但统计学家应审慎分析，识别其统计挑战，以促进方法研究并改进分析质量。
Summary Administrative data are becoming increasingly important. They are typically the side effect of some operational exercise and are often seen as having significant advantages over alternative sources of data. Although it is true that such data have merits, statisticians should approach the analysis of such data with the same cautious and critical eye as they approach the analysis of data from any other source. The paper identifies some statistical challenges, with the aim of stimulating debate about and improving the analysis of administrative data, and encouraging methodology researchers to explore some of the important statistical problems which arise with such data.