Measuring the value of official statistics

141. Official statisticians are undoubtedly at a disadvantage in defending and promoting our industry with the lack of a recognised and persuasive means of computing the value of the outputs that we produce. At the very least, it leaves us open to the taunt that while we seek to measure all kinds of other outputs, we do not measure the value of what we ourselves produce. Furthermore, it weakens our ability to promote official statistics and argue for further investment in them since we are not able to show conclusively how their value exceeds the cost.

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