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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello Siu-Kui,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Id support a complete elimination of suppression methods for restricted University (Planning) staff – although I admit this may be somewhat idealistic. Perhaps the sector needs to consider a different public and private reporting environment? And in any case the suppression methodology (<10) does seem way too conservative. At AAIR I noticed Dean Ward and others trying to emphasise the importance of retrieving unrestricted (and expanded) data in Yew May Martin’s greatly appreciated presentation on uCube.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>A general comment - it does seem counter-intuitive that the whole sector invests an extra-ordinary amount of time and effort in the collection of information, only to find the ensuing data self-service potential heavily restricted by privacy concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>David De Bellis<br>Head, Planning Services Unit<br>Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia<br>PH: +61 8 8201 2922<br>Email: <a href="mailto:david.debellis@flinders.edu.au">david.debellis@flinders.edu.au</a><br>Flinders University Planning Services Unit Web Site: <a href="http://www.flinders.edu.au/unistats" target="_blank">http://www.flinders.edu.au/unistats</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> unistats-bounces@lists.murdoch.edu.au [mailto:unistats-bounces@lists.murdoch.edu.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Siu-Kui Ho<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 15 November 2011 3:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'unistats@lists.murdoch.edu.au'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Unistats] Data suppression in aggregated datasets<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just learn that DEEWR is going to suppress cells that are less than 10 in the aggregated data sets according to their new Data Protocol. This means that more than 90% of the records will not contain actual values.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I consider that the rule should apply only to data that is available to the public, but not to aggregated data sets requested by institutions that also observe the Privacy Act and use the data for internal analysis and benchmarking.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to have your feedback to see how many of you share the same concern before negotiating with DEEWR.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>--</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Siu-Kui Ho</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Reporting and Analysis Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Planning and Quality Unit</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>University of Technology, Sydney</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Phone: +61 2 9514 2613</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Fax: +61 2 9514 2217</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:Siu-Kui.Ho@uts.edu.au">Siu-Kui.Ho@uts.edu.au</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Office: CB01.25.32<br>CRICOS Number: 00099F<br><br><a href="https://webmail.adsroot.uts.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=d5f438438af842baad3d7c1827ac4840&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.pqu.uts.edu.au%2f" target="_blank">http://www.pqu.uts.edu.au/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F<br>DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information.<br>If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or<br>attachments. 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