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The U.S. Census Bureau is updating its economic indicator release calendar in coordination with other agencies and the Office of Management and Budget to address the impacts of the recent lapse in federal funding. We will provide the updated release schedule as soon as it becomes available.
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
