{"product_id":"designing-and-conducting-business-surveys-9780470903049","title":"Designing and Conducting Business Surveys","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigning 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 project management principles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Surveys and Business Surveys 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacqui Jones, Ger Snijkers, and Gustav Haraldsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. The Objective of this Book, 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. The Statistical Production Process, 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. Surveys, 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1. Definition of Surveys, 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2. Survey Constraints, Considerations, and Tradeoffs, 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.3. A Brief Historical Look at Surveys, 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4. Types of Business Data Outputs, 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.1. Official Statistics, 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2. Other Types of Business Data Outputs, 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5. Use of Business Data Outputs, 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.1. National, Regional, and Local Economic Performance, 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.2. Individual Business Monitoring and Policymaking, 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.3. Everyday Decisions, 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6. Obtaining Business Data, 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.1. Business Data Collection Methods, 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7. Business Surveys, 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.1. Types of Business Surveys, 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.2. The Business Survey–Output Production Process, 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.3. Perspectives of the Business Survey Process, 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8. Overview of the Book, 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8.1. The Audience, 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8.2. Organization of the Book, 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8.3. Chapter Summaries, 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix, 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Business Context and its Implications for the Survey Response Process 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiane K. Willimack and Ger Snijkers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. The Business Context from the Perspective of the Organizational Sciences, 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.1. Business Goals and Behaviors and Implications for Survey Response, 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.2. Dimensions of Social Behavior in Organizations Pertinent to the Survey Response Task, 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.3. The Response Process Viewed as Work, 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. A Comprehensive Approach Integrating the Business Context and the Survey Response Process, 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1. The Decision to Participate, 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2. Performing Response Tasks, 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3. Release of the Questionnaire, 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.4. Role of the Survey Organization in the Business Survey Response Process: Implications for Survey Design, 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Summary, 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Quality Issues in Business Surveys 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGustav Haraldsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. Survey Quality from a User\/producer Perspective, 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1. Users and User Evaluations of Business Surveys, 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.2. The Total Survey Error Approach, 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. Sample-Related Quality Issues, 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1. A Glimpse into Transaction Studies, 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2. Specifying Observational Units, 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3. The Convenience Sample Element, 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4. Sampling Error Issues, 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.5. Reporting Units and Informants, 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.6. Response Rate Issues, 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.7. Quality Effects of Postsurvey Adjustments, 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3. Measurement-Related Quality Issues, 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1. Validity Challenges during Survey Specification, 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2. Sources of Measurement Error in Business Surveys, 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.3. Measurement Issues Summarized, 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4. Sample and Measurement Issues Combined, 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment, 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Planning the Survey 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGer Snijkers, Gustav Haraldsen, and Jacqui Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. Introduction, 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Business Surveys and Project Management Principles, 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Specifying and Planning the Survey, 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.1. Specifying the Survey, 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.2. Planning the Survey in Detail: The Planning Process, 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.3. Planning the Fieldwork, 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.4. Planning the Designing, Building, and Testing of the Survey Components, 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.5. Planning the Data Analysis, Dissemination, and Archiving, 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.6. Planning the Survey Evaluation, 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. Required Resources, 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5. The Timetable, 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6. Planning Managing, Controlling, Monitoring, and Evaluation of the Survey Project, 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7. Risk Management, 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8. Finalizing the Project Plan and Getting Started, 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9. Summary and Progress Status Overview, 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment, 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Sampling and Estimation for Business Surveys 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Basic Principles, 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. Registers and Frames, 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1. Business Registers, 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2. Constructing a Frame (without a Business Register), 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.3. Register and Frame Quality, 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.4. Dual-Frame Surveys, 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. Sample Design, 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1. Some Basic Ideas, 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2. Stratified Sampling, 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3. Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) Sampling, 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.4. Cutoff Sampling, 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.5. Sample Rotation and Overlap, 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.6. Special Sample Designs, 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4. Estimation, 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1. Horvitz–Thompson Estimation, 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2. Some Basic Ideas, 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.3. Ratio Estimation, 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.4. Combined Ratio Estimation, 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.5. More Complex Estimators, 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.6. Accuracy of Auxiliary Information, 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.7. Optimal Uses of Auxiliary Information, 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.8. Estimating Discontinuities, 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5. Outliers, 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.1. Inspection and “Surprise Strata”, 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.2. Winsorization, 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.3. Other Approaches, 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6. Variance Estimation, 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7. Small Area Estimation, 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8. Summary, 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Understanding and Coping with Response Burden 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGustav Haraldsen, Jacqui Jones, Deirdre Giesen, and Li-Chun Zhang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. A Cost versus a Cost Benefit Approach, 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1. Politicians’ Bird’s-Eye View, 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2. Commercial Worries, 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.3. Perceived Response Burden, 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2. Measuring and Monitoring Business Response Burden, 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1. Measuring and Calculating Actual Response Burden, 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2. Measuring Perceived Response Burden, 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3. Calculations, 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3. An Analytical Approach to Response Burden, 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1. Disentangling Some Sources of Response Burden, 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2. Suggesting a Curvilinear Correlation between Response Burden and Response Quality, 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4. Measures to Reduce Response Burden, 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1. Survey Reduction Measures, 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2. Sample Coordination, 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.3. Survey Communication Measures, 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.4. Questionnaire Improvement Measures, 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.5. Tailored Evaluations of Response Burden Reduction Measures, 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Methods for the Development, Testing, and Evaluation of Data Collection Instruments 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiane K. Willimack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. A Framework for Questionnaire Development, Testing, and Evaluation, 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.1. Business Survey Response Model and Measurement Error, 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.2. Constraints and Limitations to Questionnaire Development, Testing, and Evaluation in the Business Survey Context, 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2. Developing Content, Measurements, and Survey Questions, 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1. The Roles of Subject Area Specialists, Stakeholders, and Data Users, 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2. Methods for Content Development and Specifying Measurements, 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3. Testing Questions and Questionnaires, 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1. The Response Model as a Framework for Testing, 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2. Methods, 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4. Evaluating Survey Questions and Questionnaires, 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.1. Methods Used during Data Collection, 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.2. Methods Used after Data Collection, 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4.3. Methods for Identifying Questionnaire Problems in Recurring Surveys, 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5. Development, Testing, and Evaluation of Electronic Data Collection Instruments, 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.1. Development Strategies for Electronic Instruments, 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.2. Usability Testing, 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5.3. Evaluating Web Survey Data Collection Instruments, 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6. Analyzing Qualitative Data, 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.1. Data Capture, 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.2. Types of Analysis, 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.3. Data Reduction, 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.4. Data Display, 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6.5. Drawing Conclusions and Verification, 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7. Multimethod Approaches to Development, Testing, and Evaluation, 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8. Organization and Logistics, 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8.1. Survey Organizational Structures for Instrument Development, Testing, and Evaluation, 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8.2. Pretesting Logistics, 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9. Summary, 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 7.A.1 Example of Conclusions from Qualitative Data Analysis: Public Trust in Statistics: A Conceptual\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModel of Trust Determinants, 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 7.A.2 Case Study: Logistics of Questionnaire Pretesting for Economic Survey Programs at the US Census Bureau, 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Questionnaire Communication in Business Surveys 303\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGustav Haraldsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1. Communication Modes, 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2. Elements in Concert, 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3. Tailoring for Businesses, 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.1. Setting the Scene, 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.2. Common Access to Several Web Surveys, 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.3. Layout and Functional Tailoring for Internal Data Collection, 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4. Phrasing Questions in Business Surveys, 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.1. From Requirements to Inquiries, 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.2. Clarifying Terms and Tasks, 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.3. Listening to Questionnaires, 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5. Minimizing Response Burden, 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.1. Time Saving Measures, 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5.2. Reducing the Cognitive Burden, 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6. Concluding Reflections, 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Business Survey Communication 359\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGer Snijkers and Jacqui Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1. Introduction, 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2. The Role, Objectives, and Process of Business Survey Communication, 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1. Role, 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2. Objectives, 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3. Process, 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3. Tailoring to the Business Context, 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1. Actors and Their Roles in the Response Process, 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.2. Business Size and Economic Sector, 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.3. Factors Affecting the Response Process, 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.4. Questions and Complaints, 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4. The Survey Organization Context, 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.1. Staff in the Communication Process and Their Roles, 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.2. Survey Organization Policies and Procedures, 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.3. Survey Communication in Perspective, 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5. Designing an Effective Business Survey Communication Strategy, 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.1. Planning and Designing the Communication Strategy, 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.2. Effectiveness of Communication Modes, 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.3. Effectively Motivating and Facilitating, 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6. Business Survey Communication Measures, Practices, and Guidelines, 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.1. Prefield Communication Measures, 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.2. Field Communication Measures, 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.3. Special Cases: Large Businesses and Mixed-Mode Designs, 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7. Summary and Example of a Communication Strategy, 426\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment, 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Managing the Data Collection 431\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGer Snijkers and Gustav Haraldsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1. Introduction, 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2. Implementing the Survey, 432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3. Active Fieldwork Management, 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4. Paradata, 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5. Monitoring the Quality of the Response, 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.1. A Classification of Data Collection Outcome Codes, 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.2. Response and Return Rates at Unit Level, 445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.3. Weights of Businesses, 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.4. Distribution of the Response: Representativeness, 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.5. Quality of the Measurements, 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6. Monitoring the Survey Production Process, 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7. Survey Evaluation and Quality Report, 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8. Summary, 456\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgment, 457\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Capturing, Coding, and Cleaning Survey Data 459\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacqui Jones and Mike Hidiroglou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1. Introduction, 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2. Data Capture, 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.1. Step One: Initial Data Capture, 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.2. Minimizing, Measuring, and Monitoring Errors in Initial Data Capture, 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.3. Step Two: Data Transfer, 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.4. Step Three: Data Capture Processing, 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.5. Capturing Data from Paper Questionnaires, 466\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.6. Electronic Scanning, 468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.7. Design of Paper Self-Completion Questionnaires for Electronic Scanning, 468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.8. Instructions for Completing a Paper Self-Completion Questionnaire to be Scanned, 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.9. Minimizing, Measuring, and Monitoring Errors in Data Capture Processing, 473\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3. Data Coding, 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.1. Coding Descriptions to Classifications, 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.2. Questionnaire Design Implications, 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.3. Two Examples of Data Coding Tools, 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3.4. Minimizing, Measuring, and Monitoring Errors in Data Coding, 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4. Editing and Imputation, 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.1. An Overview of Editing and Imputation in Business Surveys, 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.2. Microediting, 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.3. Types of Microdata Error, 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.4. Methods for Identifying Microerrors, 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.5. Treatment of Microdata Errors, 492\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.6. Identifying Errors at the Macroediting Stage, 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.7. Imputation, 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.8. Minimizing, Measuring, and Monitoring Errors in Editing and Imputation, 500\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4.9. Editing Strategies, 502\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5. Concluding Comments, 503\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 504\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. From Survey Data to Statistics 505\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJacqui Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1. Introduction, 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2. Analysis, 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.1. Analysis and Different Types of Statistical Outputs, 507\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.2. Analytical Technique Considerations, 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2.3. Analytical Techniques for Improving Statistical Interpretation, 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3. Preparing for Dissemination, 527\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.1. Preparing Statistical Tables and Datasets, 528\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.2. The Importance of Maintaining Confidentiality, 530\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.3. Disclosure Control Methods, 532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3.4. Presenting the Statistics, 536\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4. Dissemination, 539\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4.1. Evaluating Statistical Dissemination, 539\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5. Archiving, 540\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6. Concluding Comments, 542\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, 543\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 545\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 597\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515420303703,"sku":"9780470903049","price":70.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/designing-and-conducting-business-surveys-9780470903049","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}