"Nobody understands statistics" and "Government data systems were built for administration, not analysis" are 2 of the biggest issues with any data collection system. Not just government.
Another thing, that is somewhere at the cross roads of those 2, is a lot of times C-Suite executives and policy makers dont make data-driven decisions. They make decisions and then want data to back them up, causing the collectors/analysts to come to a conclusion that may not be totally driven by statistics or properly analyzed data
"Nobody understands statistics" and "Government data systems were built for administration, not analysis" are 2 of the biggest issues with any data collection system. Not just government.
Another thing, that is somewhere at the cross roads of those 2, is a lot of times C-Suite executives and policy makers dont make data-driven decisions. They make decisions and then want data to back them up, causing the collectors/analysts to come to a conclusion that may not be totally driven by statistics or properly analyzed data