Alternative socio-economic data collection methods in the 1980’s: The concept of a synthetic data base
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000254947Description: This paper makes a proposal to create a new type of information bank, the “Synthetic Data Bank”. This type of bank would involve linking information from two data banks to create a third. The result would be that much greater use could be made of existing data banks in conjunction with new data collection activities. This would mean a significant reduction in the amount of data to be collected which, in effect, could potentially reduce both data collection costs and response burden. The paper suggests a number of considerations in developing statistical techniques to facilitate the creation of such an information linkage concept. Some of these techniques are to be found in modern literature’ others may well have to be developed. Issue Number: 1980002Author(s): Nargundkar, Mukund; Ashraf, AnisMain Product:Survey Methodology
