Code Sets Guidelines
A range of guidelines have been developed to assist with the coding of various data collections.
Accurate coding of data collections is vital to ensure high quality usable data. A range of guidelines to assist the coding of data collections have been produced. The following guidelines have been produced:
Ethnic Group Prioritisation
The Ethnic Group Codes includes a section on how to convert multiple ethnic groups into a single ethnic group (prioritisation).
Reducing Iwi Coding Problems
Analysis of Iwi data in recent education collections has identified some areas where Iwi names may have been incorrectly coded. The aim of this sheet is to reduce the number of coding errors by highlighting the problem areas, and providing the recommended code to use.
Guideline as a PDF [148KB]
Guideline as a MS Word document [112KB]
Related Education Counts Documents
Data Collections: a description of different data collections.
Collection Forms: copies of the forms used to capture information for the data collections.
Guidelines: guidance on the collection and/or use of data collections.
Code Sets: lists of values used to code data items on the data collection forms.