In foreign trade statistics, the Federal Statistical Office compiles data on Germany's trade in goods with other countries from the export and import declarations submitted by businesses that are required to report data. Complex edit checks are employed to detect and correct erroneous data to...

In foreign trade statistics, the Federal Statistical Office compiles data on Germany's trade in goods with other countries from the export and import declarations submitted by businesses that are required to report data. Complex edit checks are employed to detect and correct erroneous data to...

An outlier is a datum that is far from other data points in which it occurs. It can have a considerable impact on the output. Therefore, removing or resolving it before the analysis is essential to prevent skewing. Outliers in a survey sampling can have a significant outcome on statistical...