Describes improvements to estimating for businesses that are survey non-responders in line with other ONS outputs with data impact for Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2016 to Quarter 1 2017.
Publications
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Monthly Business Survey: improving the method for survey non-response
Changes to the imputation method used for the turnover question in the Monthly Business Survey and their impact on Index of Production and Index of Services
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