Reengineering the Census Bureau's annual economic surveys / Katharine G. Abraham [and three others], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abraham, Katharine G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Census Bureau.

Wholesale trade--United States--Statistical services--Evaluation.

Wholesale trade.

Economic surveys--United States--Methodology--Evaluation.

Economic surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academic Press, 2018.

Summary:

The U.S. Census Bureau maintains an important portfolio of economic statistics programs, including quinquennial economic censuses, annual economic surveys, and quarterly and monthly indicator surveys. Government, corporate, and academic users rely on the data to understand the complexity and dynamism of the U.S. economy. Historically, the Bureau's economic statistics programs developed sector by sector (e.g., separate surveys of manufacturing, retail trade, and wholesale trade), and they continue to operate largely independently. Consequently, inconsistencies in questionnaire content, sample and survey design, and survey operations make the data not only more difficult to use, but also more costly to collect and process and more burdensome to the business community than they could be. This report reviews the Census Bureau's annual economic surveys. Specifically, it examines the design, operations, and products of 11 surveys and makes recommendations to enable them to better answer questions about the evolving economy.

Contents:

Intro

FrontMatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Acronyms

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 What Data Users Want, Need, and Use

3 Business Register

4 Harmonization of Questionnaires and Data Collection Processes

5 Sampling and Estimation

6 Editing, Imputation, Disclosure Control, and Quality Standards

7 Dissemination

8 Toward an Integrated Annual Business Survey System

Appendix A: Observations from Users of the Annual Economic Surveys

Appendix B: Surveys Covered in this Report

Appendix C: Characteristics of the Annual Economic Surveys

Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

Committee on National Statistics.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309475396

0309475392

9780309475372

0309475376