Business survey methods / edited by Brenda G. Cox ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, Brenda G.

Series:

Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics. Applied probability and statistics.

Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics. Applied probability and statistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic surveys--Congresses.

Economic surveys.

Social sciences--Statistical methods--Congresses.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 732 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Consists of invited papers, from internationally recognized researchers, chosen for their quality as well as their overall unity. Describes current methods along with innovative research and presents new technologies for solving problems unique to establishment surveys. Stages of the survey process are addressed in the first five parts with cross-cutting topics in the last section.

Contents:

Business Survey Methods; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Unique Features of Business Surveys; PART A FRAMES AND BUSINESS REGISTERS; 2. Frames and Business Registers: An Overview; 3. Defining and Classifying Statistical Units; 4. Changes in Populations of Statistical Units; 5. Maintenance of Business Registers; 6. Profiling Large Businesses to Define Frame Units; 7. Implementing a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Revision; PART B SAMPLE DESIGN AND SELECTION; 8. Selecting Samples from List Frames of Businesses; 9. Coordination of Samples Using Permanent Random Numbers

10. Sampling Methods for Repeated Business Surveys 11. Multiple-Frame Business Surveys; 12. Sample Design Using Peano Key Sequencing in a Market Research; 13. Business Surveys as a Network Sample; PART C DATA COLLECTION AND RESPONSE QUALITY; 14. Issues in Surveying Businesses: An International Survey; 15. Evaluating and Controlling Measurement Error in Business Surveys; 16. Designing the Data Collection Process; 17. Improving Response to Business Mail Surveys; 18. Automated Telephone Methods for Business Surveys; 19. Electronic Data Interchange; PART D DATA PROCESSING

20. Matching and Record Linkage 21. Improving the Traditional Editing Process; 22. Imputation of Business Survey Data; 23. Editing Systems and Software; 24. Protecting Confidentiality in Business Surveys; PART E WEIGHTING AND ESTIMATION; 25. Weighting and Estimation in Business Surveys; 26. Outliers in Business Surveys; 27. Small-Area Estimation: Overview and Empirical Study; 28. Statistical Problems in Estimating the U.S. Consumer Price Index; 29. Probabilistic Detection of Turning Points in Monthly Business Activity; 30. Combining Design-Based and Model-Based Inference

PART F PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 31. The Evolution of Agricultural Data Collection in the United States; 32. A History of Business Surveys at Statistics Canada: From the Era of the Gifted Amateur to That of Scientific Methodology; 33. The Role of National Accounts and Their Impact on Business Surveys; 34. Quality Assurance for Business Surveys; 35. Business Surveys in Ten Years' Time; Index

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held in Buffalo, New York, June 27-30, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613294838

9781283294836

1283294834

9781118150504

1118150503

9781118150535

1118150538

OCLC:

761319824