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José Manuel Robles, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Javier Montero*, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; Francisco Veira, Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Madrid, Spain; Elena Rosa, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain; David Salgado, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Experiencing Multidisciplinarity in a EMOS Master in Official Statistics

June 28, 2018 Session 15

Objective of this talk

• Promote the key role of Official Statistics in modern

societies

• Promote a clarification of the professional profile of

“official statistician” within similar profiles.

• Promote the acknowledgement of such a profile within

Society.

• Promote the prestige of official statisticians.
• Promote EMOS program.

Agenda

1) Introduction: the EMOS program. 2) Complexity within Official Statistics. 3) About the new paradigm in Statistics. 4) The oficial statistician profesional profile. 5) Final comments.

1) Introduction

• Relevance of the EMOS program.
• Construction of the European Union: sharing data.
• Reliable data and índices for decisión and policies.
• Complexity and impact of massive electronic recording.
• Acknowledgement of an official statistician professional

profile!

2) Complexity within official statisticis

• Heterogeneous social characteristics, culture and

traditions.

• Heterogeneous technical and statistical limitations.
• Responsability to offering reliable and representative

representation to governments and the whole Society.

• Social and economic knwolegde (multidisciplinarity).
• Prestige of official statisticians!
• Joint activities: oficial statistics producers, universities,

school at lower levels.

• Acknowledgement from Society!
• Joint projects: innovation!

3) About the new paradigm in Statistics

• Massive electronic recording.
• Business intelligence, particularly especially mobile

network operators, banks and financial transaction enterprises, energy-providing companies, etc.)

• Statistics, now a transversal tool (like extra language

and informatics).

• Sampling and experiment design?
• Privacy and representativity of electronic data?
• Data mining, big data, machine learning, etc.
• Demands from users and oficial statistics producers!
• Flexibilty: specific extra courses in Madrid (Friday

evening).

4) The oficial statistician professional profile

• Attract students to EMOS masters!
• Top statistician,
• Multidisciplinary background.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplianry team,
• Knowledge of techniques and models associated to

data mining, big data, machine learning..

• Huge amount of data and uncertainty in different

formats (numeric, linguistic, graphical, video, etc.)

• Compatible with similar professional profiles (risks of a

too narrow EMOS master profiles).

5) Final comments

• Future of EMOS program depends on the

acknowledgement (and prestige) of official statistician profesional profile!

• Actions at different levels in Society (education and

media).

• Easier widely useful web sites!
• Service to governements and Society.
• Connection to innovation in Society.
• But we cannot pursue prestige of a profession that is

not being acknowledged as a profession!

Experiencing Multidisciplinarity in a EMOS Master in Official Statistics Javier Montero, Complutense University, Madrid, 28040 Spain E-mail: Javier_Montero@mat.ucm.es