| Comparison of Variance Estimation Software and Methods Preface (2008) | |||||||||||||
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| The Model Quality Report in Business Statistics project was set up to develop a detailed description of the methods for assessing the quality of surveys, with particular application in the context of business surveys, and then to apply these methods in some example surveys to evaluate their quality. The work was specified and initiated by Eurostat following on from the Working Group on Quality of Business Statsitics. It was funded by Eurostat under SUP-COM 1997, lot 6, and has been undertaken by a consortium of the UK Office for National Statistics, Statistics Sweden, the University of Southampton and the University of Bath, with the Office for National Statistics managing the contract. The report is divided into four volumes, of which this is the second. This volume deals with the software available for variance estimation in sample surveys, comparing a range of packages and methods, and evaluating some of their properties through a simulation study using a known population Other volumes of the report contain: • a review and development of the theory and methods for assessing quality in business surveys (volume I); • example assessments of quality for an annual and a monthly business survey from Sweden and the UK (volume III); • guidelines for and experiences of implementing the methods (volume IV). An outline of the chapters in the report is given on the following page. Acknowledgements Apart from the authors, several other people have made large contributions without which this report would not have reached its current form. In particular we would like to mention | |||||||||||||
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