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Citizen Data and Citizen Science: A Challenge for Official Statistics

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Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics (SIS 2021)

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Citizen Data and Citizen Science are undoubtedly a challenge and an opportunity for Official Statistics. The paper follows the evolution in the production of statistics and indicators and gives some indications for the use of Citizen data in the production of indicators for monitoring of SDGs achievements.

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  1. Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Monica Pratesi

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  1. Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Nicola Salvati

  2. Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy

    Cira Perna

  3. Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Stefano Marchetti

  4. School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Raymond Chambers

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Pratesi, M. (2022). Citizen Data and Citizen Science: A Challenge for Official Statistics. In: Salvati, N., Perna, C., Marchetti, S., Chambers, R. (eds) Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics . SIS 2021. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 406. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16609-9_12

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