La quantificazione dei risultati dei sondaggi congiunturali: un confronto tra procedure

D'Elia, Enrico (1991): La quantificazione dei risultati dei sondaggi congiunturali: un confronto tra procedure. Published in: Rassegna dei lavori dell'ISCO No. n. 13 (June 1991): pp. 1-72.

Abstract

The paper compares different procedures to convert in ordinary quantitative indicators the results of qualitative tendency surveys. The main result is that different procedures tend to produce quantitative indicators with a very similar dynamics. A new quantification method based on the unobservable variables approach is also proposed.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Quantifying the results of tendency surveys: a comparison among different procedures
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: Expectations; Frequency distribution; Quantification; Tendency survey
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D84 - Expectations ; Speculations; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C4 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics > C46 - Specific Distributions ; Specific Statistics; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology ; Computer Programs > C83 - Survey Methods ; Sampling Methods

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