标题：Revised Definitions for Statistical Units – Methodology, Application and User Needs. The Main Conceptual Issues of the “Units Discussion” of the Years 2009–2014
摘要：In the years 2009 to 2014 in the European Statistical System (ESS) modified definitions for basicstatistical units have been proposed and discussed. The author took part in this discussion as regularparticipant in the ESS “Working Group Business Registers and Statistical Units”, as participantin the ESSnet “Profiling of large and complex multinational enterprise groups” (2009–2013) and as memberof the Eurostat task force “Statistical Units” which worked from 2013 to 2015 on the main issues. Thispaper is based on a contribution which has been presented to the Conference of European StatisticalStakeholders, Roma, 24. –25. November 2014.2 Starting from the main conceptual issues and bearingin mind the different functions of units the presentation in Roma addressed the users of statistics: Statisticiansneed a clear picture of the user needs from which to delineate to appropriate choice of statisticalunits and their optimised application
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