Business Survey Methods

Brenda G. Cox and David A. Binder are the authors of Business Survey Methods , published by Wiley.

Partial table of contents:

FRAMES AND BUSINESS REGISTERS.

Defining and Classifying Statistical Units (S. Nijhowne).

Changes in Populations of Statistical Units (P. Struijs & A.Willeboordse).

SAMPLE DESIGN AND SELECTION.

Coordination of Samples Using Permanent Random Numbers (E.Ohlsson).

Business Surveys as a Network Sample (A. Johnson).

DATA COLLECTION AND RESPONSE QUALITY.

Designing the Data Collection Process (C. Dippo, et al.).

Electronic Data Interchange (C. Ambler, et al.).

DATA PROCESSING.

Matching and Record Linkage (W. Winkler).

Protecting Confidentiality in Business Surveys (L. Cox).

WEIGHTING AND ESTIMATION.

Outliers in Business Surveys (H. Lee).

Combining Design-Based and Model-Based Inference (K. Brewer).

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS.

Quality Assurance for Business Surveys (G. Griffiths & S.Linacre).

Business Surveys in Ten Years' Time (J. Ryten).

Index.