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Detecting and Treating Verified Influential Values in a Monthly Retail Trade Survey

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|Dec 2014

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Language: English
Page range: 721 - 747
Submitted on: Nov 1, 2012
Accepted on: Oct 1, 2014
Published on: Dec 11, 2014
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