Reengineering the Census Bureau's annual economic surveys

Introduction -- What data users want, need, and use -- Business register -- Harmonization of questionnaires and data collection processes -- Sampling and estimation -- Editing, imputation, disclosure control, and quality standards -- Dissemination -- Toward an integrated annual business survey syste...

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Körperschaften:	National Research Council Committee on National Statistics (Herausgebendes Organ), National Research Council Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (Herausgebendes Organ)
Weitere Verfasser:	Abraham, Katharine G. (HerausgeberIn), Citro, Constance Forbes (HerausgeberIn), White, Glenn D., Jr (HerausgeberIn), Kirkendall, Nancy Jean (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, DC The National Academies Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:	Consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Schlagworte:	U.S. Census Bureau > Datenerhebung > Unternehmensstatistik > Statistisches Amt > USA > Wholesale trade > Statistical services > Retail trade > Economic surveys > Evaluation
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Zusammenfassung:	Introduction -- What data users want, need, and use -- Business register -- Harmonization of questionnaires and data collection processes -- Sampling and estimation -- Editing, imputation, disclosure control, and quality standards -- Dissemination -- Toward an integrated annual business survey system -- Appendixes. "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"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:	xvii, 215 Seiten illustrations (some color) 23 cm
ISBN:	9780309475365 978-0-309-47536-5 0309475368 0-309-47536-8 0309475376