The Quantification of Qualitative Survey Data<b>:</b> A Critical Assessment

Data obtained from business and consumer surveys are often used in forecasting models and in testing different expectation formation schemes. Their use, however, requires a previous step of transformation of the qualitative data into quantitative figures. This paper contains a critical review of the different quantification methods, highlighting the limits of their use in macroeconomic modelling. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Nardo, Michela
Published in:	Journal of Economic Surveys. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 17.2003, 5, p. 645-668
Publisher:	Wiley Blackwell

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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