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
