Accuracy and reliability

Overall accuracy

The statistic covers all commercially operated cinemas in Denmark. Data is used by cinema owners and film rentals in their internal economic settlement. Therefore, both parties have an interest in the content of the data becomes as accurately as possible.

Sampling error

Not relevant for this statistics.

Non-sampling error

A small portion of the tickets cannot be matched to a film in Statistics Denmark’s film registry, and these tickets are excluded. Information about the cinemas is partly based on information from the cinemas’ websites, which requires that the websites are up to date and contain sufficient information about the cinema. Therefore, there may be some uncertainty associated with the collected information.

Quality management

Statistics Denmark follows the recommendations on the organisation and management of quality set out in the Code of Practice for European Statistics and the accompanying implementation model, the Quality Assurance Framework. Read more about these on the page Quality in official statistics.

Quality management is supported by common principles, guidelines and managerial responsibility for quality in statistical products and processes. The aim is to ensure a systematic and consistent approach to quality across the entire statistical production.

Quality assurance

Quality assurance at Statistics Denmark is integrated into the statistical production processes and is carried out in accordance with the principles of the Code of Practice for European Statistics. Read more on the page Quality in official statistics.

Quality assurance includes the continuous use of standardised procedures, documentation in line with international standards and internal controls related to data collection, data processing and dissemination. Experience gained from production is continuously used to identify needs for adjustments and improvements.

Quality assessment

From 2014 data source changed an extract from reports from all the cinemas. Data is used by the cinema owners and film owners in their internal economic settlement. Therefore, both parties have an interest in the content of the data to be as accurately as possible.

Data revision - policy

Statistics Denmark revises published figures in accordance with the Revision Policy for Statistics Denmark. The common procedures and principles of the Revision Policy are for some statistics supplemented by a specific revision practice.

Data revision practice

Only final statistics is published.