As always, the views and opinions expressed in the interviews and conversations published in SJIAOS are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the Journal, IAOS nor IOS Press.

This issue also has a paper by Ching Choi and Len Smith at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University. It is entitled “Record Linkage to Advance Indigenous Mortality Statistics in Australia – Sources of Error and Bias.” The authors point to the inadequacies of statistics sourced from death registration and show improvements resulting from data linkage. They also discuss conceptual, methodological and data issues that may give rise to error and bias in such data linkages.

Featured Articles

Editorial

Interview with Mario Palma Rojo
Condon, Katherine M.

Conversation with Timothy F. Trainor
Torrieri, Nancy K.

The transformation of IAOS 1985–2015: Learning from the past
Penneck, Stephen

The transformation of IAOS: Current status
Awad, Ola

Securing the independence of official statistics: Introductory remarks
Snorrason, Hallgrímur

The production of official statistics needs to be a separate branch of government
Georgiou, Andreas V.

A statistical system integrated in the national central administration: The French experience
Tavernier, Jean-Luc

What does an independent official statistical agency mean in practice?
Trewin, Dennis

Statistics in politics: From skiing on the broad and the smooth to the serrated side of the saw
Lehohla, Pali

Does the production of official statistics need to be a separate branch of Government or should it remain within the Executive Branch of Government?
O’Hanlon, Gerry

Record linkage to advance Indigenous mortality statistics in Australia – sources of error and bias
Choi, Ching | Smith, Len

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