The general application of significance editing
The significance editing technique reduces and prioritises the input editing workload in a sample survey. The method is based on estimating the impact of resolving individual edit queries on the survey estimates. Using these impacts it is possible to ignore queries of trivial value while making s...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Statistics Sweden
2000
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| Online Access: | http://www.scb.se/contentassets/ca21efb41fee47d293bbee5bf7be7fb3/the-general-application-of-significance-editing.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90001 |
| Summary: | The significance editing technique reduces and prioritises the input editing workload in a
sample survey. The method is based on estimating the impact of resolving individual edit
queries on the survey estimates. Using these impacts it is possible to ignore queries of trivial
value while making sure that the most serious queries are given the most attention. The result
is efficient allocation of resources to editing without compromising data quality. Lawrence
and McDavitt .1994) described an implementation of significance editing in the Australian
Survey of Average Weekly Earnings. This article extends the previous work by describing
the general principles underlying the significance editing technique, and offering suggestions
for applying the technique to other surveys. |
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