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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes, this is quite a concern.<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'>It would affect 97.2% of the
records in our national data set, and essentially nullifies that data set.<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'>I look forward to that
conversation “so we want to start a widget making course, how much
coverage does widget making get around the state?” “errr, I
dunno”.<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'>I’m happy to comply with a
requirement to suppress numbers on the front-end, should they aggregate to a
number lower than 10, but without all the base data totals will be all over the
place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 3:50 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>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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