Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC)
This page provides links and conventionalreferences to much of the research sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureauin the areas ofstatistical disclosure control, confidentiality, and disclosurelimitation. Some of the work cited was conducted by the DisclosureLimitation Research Group within the Statistical Research Division (SRD) of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Documents used by the Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board
Questions and Answers about Clearing Data for Public Release:
Census Bureau Checklist (filled out for each data product)
Recent Census Bureau sponsored book on Confidentiality:
"Confidentiality,Disclosure and Data Access, Theory and Practical Applicationsfor Statistical Agencies"
For an abstract and ordering information, see publisher's page:
ElsevierScience
Two sections of this book can be viewed and/or printed:
List of References: Microdata Confidentiality
References
Tables useful for Testing Tabular SDC programs (suppliedby Ramesh.Dandekar@eia.doe.gov)
Count Tables (7 tables inazip file) Magnitude Tables (2 Twenty Dimtables in a zip file)HIER13D5.ZIPLinks to other agencies and organizations doing work in SDC
The FederalCommitteeon Statistical Methodology (FCSM) oversees the
Confidentiality andData Access Committee (CDAC)
CDAC
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has the following committee:
For information on the project: ComputationalAspectsof Statistical Confidentiality