Designing and Conducting Business Surveys provides a coherent overview of the business survey process, from start to finish. It uniquely integrates an understanding of how businesses operate, a total survey error approach to data quality that focuses specifically on business surveys, and sound...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Editor -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction on Measuring Poverty at Local Level Using Small Area Estimation Methods -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Target Parameters -- 1.2.1 Definition...

"This book equips readers with the tools and knowledge needed to create data collection designs for business surveys and carry out these surveys. The author team is comprised of survey researchers working at government agencies across both the United States and Europe, providing a global...