Abstract
The state of the art of computerisation in the Hungarian Central Statistical Office shows a mixed picture, partly reflecting a normal variation in hardware and software tools, but partly being the result of lack of suitable resources.
After introducing the present state of the technical environment of the Hungarian statistical system, the paper gives an overview about the main phases of data processing and software tools. The phases are defined as usual in the traditional classification. However, data entry, data validation and data editing are combined in the term of “data preparation”. This “linguistic” modification covers a great technological achievement of the past few years. The other important result was achieved in on-line query possibilities with SOLAR, a system developed in-house.
The lack of resources makes necessary development, of which the strategic concerns are with integration of micros, centralization and decentralization, networking, and data management. However, the most essential point relates to be the changing role of end users, who will take over the responsibility for their data processing.
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