Publishing Guidelines
These guidelines refer only to disclosure concerns related to publishing. The RDC does not comment on scientific merit or impose any merit-based publishing guidelines.
How Do I Cite the RDC in my Publication?
When publishing you must
- Adhere to any additional requirements specified in the approval email (During the proposal process, the Review Committee may request to review your publication for disclosure concerns prior to publication.)
- Not reveal any information that could identify an individual or establishment
- Not reveal any information that could be used to identify geographic areas where respondents live or were sampled unless you specifically have permission to make estimates for those areas
- Not reveal any information about specific dates
- Not reveal any information from external sources of data that have been merged to NCHS data based on temporal or geographic components that could facilitate the identification of areas, dates, or individuals
- Ask the RDC staff for help any time you have a disclosure concern
Disclosure Concerns to Consider
Ask yourself the following questions while writing a publication based on restricted data.
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Question |
Action |
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1 |
Are you mentioning anything |
If you are discussing something that you observed while in the RDC, |
2 |
Were restricted geographic variables |
Do not mention any specific geographic information not available on the Limit the number of unweighted sample sizes you show related to lower levels of geography. If you are discussing the number of geographic units represented and didn't specifically state that you would in the approved proposal, ask your Analyst to review the statement. |
3 |
Does your data set include any |
Do not mention any exact dates Limit the number of unweighted sample sizes you show related to temporal components. If you want to mention coarsened dates (e.g. season, year), this must have been explained in your proposal. Discuss the appropriate language with your RDC Analyst before publishing. |
4 |
Did your final analytic data set |
Follow the same actions when discussing the non-NCHS data as you |
5 |
Could an individual or establishment |
Be mindful that the way you discuss inclusion and exclusion criteria
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