A large-scale validation study of measurement errors in longitudinal survey data

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 65-92

  Kristensen, Nicolai ^a   Westergaard Nielsen, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classification error; Measurement error; Validation

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; INCOME; MODEL VALIDATION; PANEL DATA; SAMPLING BIAS;

EID: 38949164741     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2007-0283     Document Type: Article

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