UNITED NATIONS STATISTICAL COMMISSION and ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICIANS METHODOLOGICAL MATERIAL GLOSSARY OF TERMS ON STATISTICAL DATA EDITING

1. In 2001, the UK Census Offices processed about 27 million questionnaires containing almost 60 million people. Of these, 28 per cent of the person records contained one or more erroneous items which were corrected by the bespoke Edit and Donor Imputation System (EDIS). The 2001 system was based on the principle of minimum change proposed by Fellegi and Holt (1976). For 2011, the UK Census Offices have endorsed CANCEIS to perform robust, cost effective, editing and imputation whilst incorporating methodological best practice. Hence, CANCEIS forms the cornerstone of the Editing Strategy for the 2011 UK Census.