A system of indicators for culture and communications in Quebec : Système d'indicateurs de la culture et des communications au Québec : première partie : conceptualisation et élaboration concertée des indicateurs

Figure 1 outlines the logical connections between the tasks involved in the development of the cultural indicators: • Users have questions relating to cultural development in Quebec • These questions are addressed by the work of the OCCQ • This activity produces a conceptual framework for culture and a theoretical framework for the development of indicators • The theoretical framework determines t [...] Social Indicator Objective 8. Ratio between the number of Measures the evolution of the strength of the culture cultural workers and the total labour force. [...] The following list summarizes these: • be part of a coherent system, based on a theoretical framework which places culture within the broader social context • be informative about the trends and changes of the state of culture in terms of both geographic regions and spheres of cultural activity • be able to recognize and demonstrate the emergence of problems • be valid in the methodological sense: [...] Table 3 shows the classifi cations of the descriptive features and the quality criteria in relation to the fi ve selection criteria which allow us to establish priorities to evaluate the feasibility and the relevance of the proposed indicators in light of the theoretical model. [...] As an example, the validity and the reliability of the relationship between the GDP of the cultural industries and the total GDP (Indicator 4) are somewhat certain, but we still need to verify the reliability of the fi nancial data from the culture and communications sector in light of NAICS (the North American Industrial Classifi cation System) and its correspondence to that of QCCACS.