An acronym for "Standing Committee of Regional and Urban Statistics", SCORUS is a sub-committee of the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) which is a section of the International Statistical Institute

International Statistical Institute

The International Statistical Institute is a professional association of statisticians. The Institut International de Statistique or International Statistical Institute was founded in 1885 although there had been international congresses from 1853.. The Institute publishes a variety of books and...

. The sub-committee has specific responsibility for regional and urban statistics

Statistics

Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....

and research. Its members form a dedicated international network of persons interested in regional and urban statistical issues.