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Statistical concept providing qualitative information about a specific statistical object such as a dataset, series or observation.
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Statistical concept providing qualitative information about a specific statistical object such as a dataset, series, or observation.
  
In practice, Attributes are [[Component|Components]] used in [[Data Structure Definition|Data Structure Definitions]] to add additional information which is not required to uniquely identify series or observations. Attributes can be attached at diffent levels in the dataset:
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In practice, Attributes are [[Component|Components]] used in [[Data_or_Metadata_Structure_Definition|Data Structure Definitions]] to add additional information which is not required to uniquely identify series or observations. Attributes can be attached at different levels in the dataset:
 
* Dataset
 
* Dataset
 
* Group
 
* Group
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* Observation
 
* Observation
  
'''Examples'''
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'''Examples'''<br>
Comment - simple textual comments
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Comment - simple textual comments<br>
Unit Multiplier - provides information about the units of the observation values, for instance: Tens, Hundreds Thousands
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Unit Multiplier - provides information about the units of the observation values, for instance: Tens, Hundreds, Thousands<br>
 
Observation Status - for instance: Normal, Estimated, Forecast, Imputed
 
Observation Status - for instance: Normal, Estimated, Forecast, Imputed

Latest revision as of 00:44, 23 August 2022

Statistical concept providing qualitative information about a specific statistical object such as a dataset, series, or observation.

In practice, Attributes are Components used in Data Structure Definitions to add additional information which is not required to uniquely identify series or observations. Attributes can be attached at different levels in the dataset:

  • Dataset
  • Group
  • Series
  • Observation

Examples
Comment - simple textual comments
Unit Multiplier - provides information about the units of the observation values, for instance: Tens, Hundreds, Thousands
Observation Status - for instance: Normal, Estimated, Forecast, Imputed