Data scenarios and characteristics - sustainabledevelopment-rwanda/sdg-indicators-archived GitHub Wiki

This page (work in progress) will list the data scenarios and characteristics we have discovered as we go through the data acquisition process.

Indicator headline data circumstances

Please note that headline refers the indicators' aggregate/highest level of data


Indicators can be non-statistical (e.g. 17.19.2) or statistical (e.g. 7.1.1)

The distinction between statistical and non-statistical indicators is not always clear cut, for example indicators 1.5.3 or 5.a.2 are statistical at a global level and non-statistical, i.e. TRUE or FALSE, for individual country reporting.

Indicators can have a single year of data (e.g. 16.2.3)

In cases where we have a single year of data we need an alternative data visulisation method to line charts, which are better for time-series. We have used column charts.

Indicators can have differences in Geographical coverage

Indicators can have multiple units of measure/contain multiple indicators

We can use a units column in the indicator data to separate the data. Doing this looses comparability between the units on the line chart but enables appropriate y and x axis scaling for the individual units, which can be very different.

Indicator disaggregation data circumstances


Disaggregation variables have prerequisites

Case where disaggregation availability are only applicable when specific criteria are met. Here are some examples:

  • A specific units needs to be selected (e.g. 1.4.1)
  • A disaggregation is dependent upon the selection of another disaggregation (e.g. 1.2.1). This is hierarchical data.
  • A combination of both (e.g. 3.2.1)
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