Enabling Statistical Analysis of Suppressed Tabular Data

For decades, NSOs have usedcomplementary cell suppression for disclosure limitation of tabular data, magnitude data in particular. Indications of its continued use abound, even though suppression thwarts statistical analysis of both the expert and the novice. We introduce methods for creating alternative tables that the NSO can release unsuppressed, while ensuring within statistical certainty that their analysis is conformal with analysis of the original.

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