Business Survey Methods

Copyright © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

Business Survey Methods

Editor(s): Brenda G. Cox, David A. Binder, B. Nanjamma Chinnappa, Anders Christianson, Michael J. Colledge, Phillip S. Kott

Published Online: 17 OCT 2011 07:40AM EST

Print ISBN: 9780471598527

Online ISBN: 9781118150504

DOI: 10.1002/9781118150504

About this Book

Consists of invited papers, from internationally recognized researchers, chosen for their quality as well as their overall unity. Describes current methods along with innovative research and presents new technologies for solving problems unique to establishment surveys. Stages of the survey process are addressed in the first five parts with cross-cutting topics in the last section.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xix)

    1. Chapter 1

      Unique Features of Business Surveys (pages 1–17)

      Brenda G. Cox and B. Nanjamma Chinnappa

  3. Part I: Frames and Business Registers

    1. Chapter 2

      Frames and Business Registers: An Overview (pages 19–47)

      Michael J. Colledge

    2. Chapter 3

      Defining and Classifying Statistical Units (pages 49–64)

      Shaila Nijhowne

    3. Chapter 4

      Changes in Populations of Statistical Units (pages 65–84)

      Peter Struijs and Ad Willeboordse

    4. Chapter 5

      Maintenance of Business Registers (pages 85–100)

      David Archer

    5. Chapter 6

      Profiling Large Businesses to Define Frame Units (pages 101–114)

      Leon Pietsch

    6. Chapter 7

      Implementing a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Revision (pages 115–129)

      Brian MacDonald

  4. Part II: Sample Design and Selection

    1. Chapter 8

      Selecting Samples from List Frames of Businesses (pages 131–152)

      Richard S. Sigman and Nash J. Monsour

    2. Chapter 9

      Coordination of Samples Using Permanent Random Numbers (pages 153–169)

      Esbjörn Ohlsson

    3. Chapter 10

      Sampling Methods for Repeated Business Surveys (pages 173–183)

      K. P. Stinath and Ronald M. Carpenter

    4. Chapter 11

      Multiple-Frame Business Surveys (pages 185–203)

      Phillip S. Kott and Frederic A. Vogel

    5. Chapter 12

      Sample Design Using Peano Key Sequencing in a Market Research (pages 205–217)

      Joseph K. Garrett and Rachel M. Harter

    6. Chapter 13

      Business Surveys as a Network Sample (pages 219–233)

      Ayah E. Johnson

  5. Part III: Data Collection and Response Quality

    1. Chapter 14

      Issues in Surveying Businesses: An International Survey (pages 235–256)

      Anders Christianson and Robert D. Tortora

    2. Chapter 15

      Evaluating and Controlling Measurement Error in Business Surveys (pages 257–281)

      Paul P. Biemer and Ronald S. Fecso

    3. Chapter 16

      Designing the Data Collection Process (pages 283–301)

      Cathryn S. Dippo, Young I. Chun and Joan Sander

    4. Chapter 17

      Improving Response to Business Mail Surveys (pages 303–316)

      M. Chris Paxson, Don A. Dillman and John Tarnai

    5. Chapter 18

      Automated Telephone Methods for Business Surveys (pages 317–337)

      George S. Werking and Richard L. Clayton

    6. Chapter 19

      Electronic Data Interchange (pages 339–352)

      Carole A. Ambler, Stanley M. Hyman and Thomas L. Mesenbourg

  6. Part IV: Data Processing

    1. Chapter 20

      Matching and Record Linkage (pages 353–384)

      William E. Winkler

    2. Chapter 21

      Improving the Traditional Editing Process (pages 385–401)

      Leopold Granquist

    3. Chapter 22

      Imputation of Business Survey Data (pages 403–423)

      John G. Kovar and Patricia J. Whitridge

    4. Chapter 23

      Editing Systems and Software (pages 425–441)

      Mark Pierzchala

    5. Chapter 24

      Protecting Confidentiality in Business Surveys (pages 443–473)

      Lawrence H. Cox

  7. Part V: Weighting and Estimation

    1. Chapter 25

      Weighting and Estimation in Business Surveys (pages 475–502)

      Michael A. Hidiroglou, Carl-Erik Särndal and David A. Binder

    2. Chapter 26

      Outliers in Business Surveys (pages 503–526)

      Hyunshik Lee

    3. Chapter 27

      Small-Area Estimation: Overview and Empirical Study (pages 527–542)

      J. N. K. Rao and G. Hussain Choudhry

    4. Chapter 28

      Statistical Problems in Estimating the U.S. Consumer Price Index (pages 543–566)

      Sylvia Leaver and Richard Valliant

    5. Chapter 29

      Probabilistic Detection of Turning Points in Monthly Business Activity (pages 567–588)

      Danny Pfeffermann, Tzen-Ping Liu and François Ben-Zur

    6. Chapter 30

      Combining Design-Based and Model-Based Inference (pages 589–606)

      K. R. W. Brewer

  8. Part VI: Past, Present, and Future Directions

    1. Chapter 31

      The Evolution of Agricultural Data Collection in the United States (pages 607–631)

      Rich Allen, Vicki J. Huggins and Ruth Ann Killion

    2. Chapter 32

      A History of Business Surveys at Statistics Canada: From the Era of the Gifted Amateur to That of Scientific Methodology (pages 633–653)

      David A. Worton and Richard Platek

    3. Chapter 33

      The Role of National Accounts and Their Impact on Business Surveys (pages 655–671)

      Rodney J. Lewington

    4. Chapter 34

      Quality Assurance for Business Surveys (pages 673–690)

      Greg Griffiths and Susan Linacre

    5. Chapter 35

      Business Surveys in Ten Years' Time (pages 691–709)

      Jacob Ryten

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      Index (pages 711–732)

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      Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics (pages 733–737)

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