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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| description | 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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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-900012023-02-07T02:29:59Z The general application of significance editing Lawrence, David McKenzie, Richard 4905 - Statistics 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. 2000 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90001 English http://www.scb.se/contentassets/ca21efb41fee47d293bbee5bf7be7fb3/the-general-application-of-significance-editing.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Statistics Sweden fulltext |
| spellingShingle | 4905 - Statistics Lawrence, David McKenzie, Richard The general application of significance editing |
| title | The general application of significance editing |
| title_full | The general application of significance editing |
| title_fullStr | The general application of significance editing |
| title_full_unstemmed | The general application of significance editing |
| title_short | The general application of significance editing |
| title_sort | general application of significance editing |
| topic | 4905 - Statistics |
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