It will be discussed if the confidence in the results of the production of economic and social data will be justified. Probability based conclusions are possible concerning the sampling error. In order to quantify the non-sampling error an accuracy check is necessary which causes practical...

In most of the occidental countries the national statistical agencies have growing difficulties to justify and raise the budget necessary for a complete enumeration of the population. Destatis Germany which did not conduct a traditional census since 1987 tries to test a register-based procedure....