Generating Synthetic Data for Statistical Disclosure Control

The aim is to provide the participants with hands on experience, the course will include practical sessions using R, in which the students generate and evaluate synthetic data based on real data examples.

Target Audience
The course intends to summarize the state of the art in synthetic data. The main focus will be on practical implementation and not so much on the motivation of the underlying statistical theory. Participants may be academic researchers or practitioners from statistical agencies working in the area of data confidentiality and data access. Basic knowledge in R is expected. Some background in Bayesian statistics is helpful but not obligatory.

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Course Code: ADRCE-ADRCE-training037 Drechsler

Course Dates: 2nd May 2017 – 3rd May 2017

Places Available: 25

Course Leader: Dr Jörg Drechsler

Course Description
Course Outline:

The course covers:

• the fully synthetic data approach
• the partially synthetic data approach
• modelling strategies for generating synthetic data
• data utility evaluations
• disclosure risk assessment

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course participants will:

• have a practical understanding of the concept of synthetic data
• be able to judge in which situations the approach could be useful
• know how to generate synthetic data from their own data
• have a number of tools available to evaluate the analytical validity of the synthetic datasets
• know how to assess the disclosure risk of the generated data