Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection

ADVANCES IN BUSINESS STATISTICS, METHODS AND DATA COLLECTION Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection delivers insights into the latest state of play in producing establishment statistics, obtained from businesses, farms and institutions. Presenting materials and reflecting discussions from the 6 th International Conference on Establishment Statistics (ICES-VI), this edited volume provides a broad overview of methodology underlying current establishment statistics from every aspect of the production life cycle while spotlighting innovative and impactful advancements in the development, conduct, and evaluation of modern establishment statistics programs. Highlights include: Practical discussions on agile, timely, and accurate measurement of rapidly evolving economic phenomena such as globalization, new computer technologies, and the informal sector. Comprehensive explorations of administrative and new data sources and technologies, covering big (organic) data sources and methods for data integration, linking, machine learning and visualization. Detailed compilations of statistical programs’ responses to wide-ranging data collection and production challenges, among others caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In-depth examinations of business survey questionnaire design, computerization, pretesting methods, experimentation, and paradata. Methodical presentations of conventional and emerging procedures in survey statistics techniques for establishment statistics, encompassing probability sampling designs and sample coordination, non-probability sampling, missing data treatments, small area estimation and Bayesian methods. Providing a broad overview of most up-to-date science, this book challenges the status quo and prepares researchers for current and future challenges in establishment statistics and methods. Perfect for survey researchers, government statisticians, National Bank employees, economists, and undergraduate and graduate students in survey research and economics, Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection will also earn a place in the toolkit of researchers working –with data– in industries across a variety of fields. This edited volume is based on significant papers presented at The Sixth International Conference on Establishment Statistics (ICES-VI). In addition to providing broad introductions in specialized topic areas, the volume discusses a wide spectrum of new issues related to business statistics, its methods and collecting business data, including: new developments in business surveys (like non-probability sampling, developments in web surveys, adaptive business designs), statistical process control, use of alternative/secondary data sources like registers and big data, register methodology, Internet of Things possibilities (smart farming data, smart industries data), new computer technologies, consequences of globalization, and new indicators for the economy (like Sustainable Development Goals). Over the past few decades, methodologists around the world have worked actively on optimizing approaches for the development, conduct and evaluation of modern business programs. Furthermore, there are emerging data sources and new technologies, like big data, machine learning and advanced visualization, that are used in modern applications and are not discussed in other books, simply because they did not previously exist. Like the conference itself, the edited volume provides a broad overview of modern developments in collecting business data and producing business statistics. Both the conference and the resulting book summarizes the status quo of business statistics methods and serves as a proactive forum to prepare researchers to meet future challenges. "The latest developments in the production of business statistics, methods, and data collection In Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection, distinguished researcher Dr. Ger Snijkers delivers an invaluable collection of new issues in business statistics, as well as its methods, and in the collection of business data. This edited volume offers new developments in business surveys--including discussions of non-probability sampling and web surveys--and statistical process control, the use of secondary data sources, register methodology, and possibilities presented by the Internet of Things. The included works present some of the most innovative and impactful developments in the optimization of the development, conduct, and evaluation of modern business programs. These include advancements in big data, machine learning, and advanced visualization. Providing a broad overview of the most up-to-date changes in business statistics and data, this book challenges the status quo and prepares researchers for future challenges"-- Provided by publisher