Statistical confidentiality: principles and practice

lt;font face='Arial'><font face='Arial'>Because statistical confidentiality embraces the responsibility for both protecting data and ensuring its beneficial use for statistical purposes, those working with personal and proprietary data can benefit from the principles and practices this book presents. Researchers can understand why an agency holding statistical data does not respond well to the demand, ldquo;Just give me the data; Irsquo;m only going to do good things with it.rdquo; Statisticians can incorporate the requirements ofstatistical confidentiality into their methodologies for data collection and analysis. Data stewards, caught between those eager for data and those who worry about confidentiality, can use the tools of statistical confidentiality toward satisfying both groups.<br /> The eight chapters lay out the dilemmaof data stewardship organizations (such as statistical agencies) in resolvingthe tension between protecting data from snoopers while providing data to legitimate users, explain disclosure risk and explore the types of attack that a data snooper might mount, present the methods of disclosure risk assessment, give techniques for statistical disclosure limitation of both tabular data and microdata, identify measures of the impact of disclosure limitation on data utility, provide restricted access methods as administrative procedures for disclosure control, and finally explore the future of statistical confidentiality.</font></font> " Introduces the field of statistical confidentiality, emphasizing motivation and modern practices Provides an overview of a complex topic which impacts many areas of the information society Introduces basicconcepts and techniques to protect private information in databases before being released INDICE: Why statistical confidentiality?- Concepts of statistical disclosure limitation.- Assessment of disclosure risk.- Protecting tabular data.- Providing and protecting microdata.- Disclosure rRisk and data utility.- Restrictions on data access.- Thoughts on the future.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-7801-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 284
• Fecha Publicación: 28/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés