Business Survey Methods

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Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics ; v.214

Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics Ser ; v.214

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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 Surveys11. 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 Linkage21. 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 DIRECTIONS31. 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

Front MatterUnique Features of Business Surveys / Brenda G Cox, B Nanjamma Chinnappa -- Frames and Business Registers. Frames and Business Registers: An Overview / Michael J Colledge -- Defining and Classifying Statistical Units / Shaila Nijhowne -- Changes in Populations of Statistical Units / Peter Struijs, Ad Willeboordse -- Maintenance of Business Registers / David Archer -- Profiling Large Businesses to Define Frame Units / Leon Pietsch -- Implementing a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Revision / Brian MacDonald -- Sample Design and Selection. Selecting Samples from List Frames of Businesses / Richard S Sigman, Nash J Monsour -- Coordination of Samples Using Permanent Random Numbers / Esbj̱rn Ohlsson -- Sampling Methods for Repeated Business Surveys / K P Stinath, Ronald M Carpenter -- Multiple-Frame Business Surveys / Phillip S Kott, Frederic A Vogel -- Sample Design Using Peano Key Sequencing in a Market Research / Joseph K Garrett, Rachel M Harter -- Business Surveys as a Network Sample / Ayah E Johnson -- Data Collection and Response Quality. Issues in Surveying Businesses: An International Survey / Anders Christianson, Robert D Tortora -- Evaluating and Controlling Measurement Error in Business Surveys / Paul P Biemer, Ronald S Fecso -- Designing the Data Collection Process / Cathryn S Dippo, Young I Chun, Joan Sander -- Improving Response to Business Mail Surveys / M Chris Paxson, Don A Dillman, John Tarnai -- Automated Telephone Methods for Business Surveys / George S Werking, Richard L Clayton -- Electronic Data Interchange / Carole A Ambler, Stanley M Hyman, Thomas L Mesenbourg -- Data Processing. Matching and Record Linkage / William E Winkler -- Improving the Traditional Editing Process / Leopold Granquist -- Imputation of Business Survey Data / John G Kovar, Patricia J Whitridge -- Editing Systems and Software / Mark Pierzchala -- Protecting Confidentiality in Business Surveys / Lawrence H Cox -- Weighting and Estimation. Weighting and Estimation in Business Surveys / Michael A Hidiroglou, Carl-Erik S̃rndal, David A Binder -- Outliers in Business Surveys / Hyunshik Lee -- Small-Area Estimation: Overview and Empirical Study / J N K Rao, G Hussain Choudhry -- Statistical Problems in Estimating the U.S. Consumer Price Index / Sylvia Leaver, Richard Valliant -- Probabilistic Detection of Turning Points in Monthly Business Activity / Danny Pfeffermann, Tzen-Ping Liu, Fraṅois Ben-Zur -- Combining Design-Based and Model-Based Inference / K R W Brewer -- Past, Present, and Future Directions. The Evolution of Agricultural Data Collection in the United States / Rich Allen, Vicki J Huggins, Ruth Ann Killion -- A History of Business Surveys at Statistics Canada: From the Era of the Gifted Amateur to That of Scientific Methodology / David A Worton, Richard Platek -- The Role of National Accounts and Their Impact on Business Surveys / Rodney J Lewington -- Quality Assurance for Business Surveys / Greg Griffiths, Susan Linacre -- Business Surveys in Ten Years' Time / Jacob Ryten -- Index -- Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics

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