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Response Burden in Official Business Surveys: Measurement and Reduction Practices of National Statistical Institutes

Journal of Official Statistics
Volume 31 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)
By: Mojca Bavdaž,  Deirdre Giesen,  Simona Korenjak Černe,  Tora Löfgren and  Virginie Raymond-Blaess  
Open Access
|Dec 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2015-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7367
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Language: English
Page range: 559 - 588
Submitted on: Nov 1, 2013
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Accepted on: May 1, 2015
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Published on: Dec 16, 2015
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Administrative burden,
data collection,
establishment surveys
Related subjects:
Mathematics,
Probability and statistics

© 2015 Mojca Bavdaž, Deirdre Giesen, Simona Korenjak Černe, Tora Löfgren, Virginie Raymond-Blaess, published by Sciendo
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