Technical Documentation

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Library

Every census, survey, and program has technical documentation to assist users with the published statistics. These may include any of the following resources.

ASM Product Class Codes and Descriptions

ASM Surveys, Instructions, and Letters

Annual Survey of Manufactures Benchmark Methodology

Annual Survey of Manufactures Methodology

The methods we use to collect and produce the ASM, including sampling, questions, collection, review, quality, weighting, etc.

How-To Videos

Contains video tutorials on using the electronic reporting software for the 2018 Report of Organization and Annual Survey of Manufactures.