Quarterly Financial Report
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Quarterly Financial Report (QFR)
Manufacturing, Mining, Trade, and Selected Service Industries
How the QFR Data are Collected
QFR Data Collection Methodology PDF [62 Kb]
Topics Include:
- Sampling Frame -- The target universe population of corporations
- Sample Selection -- How corporations are selected in the sample
- Nonresponse -- How data from the sample are adjusted to compensate for sample corporations that do not respond to the survey
- Estimation -- How data from the sample are used to compute estimated data for the universe
- Sampling Error -- Measuring the variation in the estimate based on the sample
- Nonsampling Error -- Variation due to coverage, collection, response, nonresponse, and processing
- Seasonal Adjustment -- Accounting for seasonal variations
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