1. Introduction....

2. Field operations..

3. Mapping.....

4. Clerical work and tabulation....

5. Forms design, reproduction, and

publication.....

6. Personnel and payroll..

7. Administrative services.

8. Division responsibility...

9. Coordinator and Executive Committee..

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Introduction....

1.1 NSO control system. .

Application of the system to the

industrial census...

2.1 Determination of current status of

work.....

2.2 Measurement of costs; comparison

with budget.....

2.3 Preservation of records..

2.4 Control of printed material.

Control of completed questionnaires in

the field..

3.1 Identifying information...

3.2 Information "for office use only".

3.3 List of establishments...

3. 31 Serial number.....

3.32 Name of establishment.

3.33 Location...

3.34 Skip-list....

3.35 Number of persons engaged.

3.36 Type of form.

3.37 Industrial activity.

3.38 Interview dates....

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Kinds of maps used in the industrial census.

2.1 Large-scale map for rural areas

(exhibit II-3-1).......

2.2 Large-scale urban map for household

sample areas (exhibit II-3-2)........

2.3 Large-scale urban map for general use

(exhibit II-3-3)...

2.4 Intermediate-scale map for general

use (exhibit II-3-4)..

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Small-scale county map

(exhibit II-3-5).......

2.6 Small-scale province maps

(exhibit II-3-6).....

Map preparation...

Maps and charts for census publications...

4.1 Location of industrial establishments..

4.2 Value added, by industry and province..

4.3 Industrial activity, 1963 and 1975.....

4.4 Industrial employment, by province,

1963 and 1975....

4.5 Industrial employment, by province.....

Introduction.....

Basic census concepts and recommendations.

International recommendations for indus-

trial statistics....

3.1 United Nations (UN) guidelines...

3.2 Inter-American Statistical Institute

(IASI) guidelines.....

3.3 Organization for Economic Cooperation

and Development (OECD) guidelines....

Initial decisions for Providencia.

4.1 Scope of the census....

4.2 Statistical unit...

4.21 Establishment..

4.22 Other statistical units.

4.3 Coverage....

4.4 Classification systems.

4.41 Industrial classification...

4.42 Geographic area clasification....

4.43 Size of establishment classifi-

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4.44 Legal form of organization

classification...

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Guidelines for tabular presentation...

Classes of tabular presentation.

2.1 Leader work.....

2.2 Text tabulations....

2.3 Formal statistical table...

Formal statistical table: structural parts .

3.1 Table number....

3.2 Table title.....

3.21 Function..

3.22 Component parts.....

3.23 Wording of the title....

3.24 Mechanical presentation of the

title....

3.3 Headnote....

3.4 Boxhead...

3.41 Column head.

3.42 Spanner head...

3.43 Banner head..

3.44 Panel.....

3.45 Wording and arrangement.

3.46 Unit of measure.....

3.5

Stub....

3.51 Stubhead...

3.52 Center head....

3.53 Colon line and dash line.

3.54 Line caption....

3.55 Block.....

3.56 Space breaks and indentation...

3.57 Unit specification....

3.6 Field...

3.61 Cell...

3.62 Unit indicator.

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Kinds of maps needed.....

1.1 Maps of the entire country.

1.2 Small-scale province map...

1.3 Small-scale county map.....

1.4 Intermediate-scale map for general

use....

1.5 Large-scale maps..

1.51 Large-scale rural map.

1.52 Large-scale urban map for

household sample areas.

Chapter V-1. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS AND

PROCESSING FUNCTIONS

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2.1 Enumeration edit.

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2.2 Field edit.......

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2.3 Preliminary office edit..

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2.4 Office edit......

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2.5 Mechanical edit..

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Kinds of errors...

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3.1 Omissions....

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3.2 Impossible entries..

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3.3 Inconsistent entries..

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3.4 Unreasonable magnitudes...

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4. Development of an editing procedure.

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4.1 Specialization in editing.....

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4.2 Evaluation of editing-coding personnel... 149
4.3 General procedural rules....

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5. Evaluation of editing procedures....

6. Organizational structure for editing

and coding...

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Introduction.....

Initial decision on equipment.

Distribution of functions....

Receipt and sorting of completed

questionnaires....

Testing procedures...

5.1 Manual processing.

5.2 Key punching.....

5.3 Machine processing...

5.4 Organization and flow of work...

Personnel requirements and functions.....

6.1 Editor-coders....

6.2 Key punch operators..

6.3 Project analyst....

6.31 Develop a system.

6.32 Prepare flow charts or block

diagrams...

6.33 Prepare procedures and test

materials.

6.4 Programmers......

6.5 Other regular personnel.

6.6 Temporary personnel..

Training of personnel.....

7.1 Formal training..

7.2 On-the-job training.

7.3 Individual training.

7.4 Re-training......

Other considerations.....

8.1 Manual versus machine editing.

8.2 Value of documentation....

8.3 Developing a calendar..

Volume of work by function....

9.1 Systems design and programming.

9.2 Manual editing and coding..

9.3 Key punching....

9.4 Computer processing.

Operational controls.....

10.1 Importance of accurate control..

10.2 Responsibility for control..

10.3 Flow of work......

10.4 Unit of work....

10.5 Principal control forms.

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Introduction.....

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Sequences.

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Tests for completeness (sequence A)..

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Establishment identification coding

(sequence B).......

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4.1 Step B-1: Physical location of

establishment....

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4.2 Step B-2: Form of ownership.

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4.3 Step B-3: Register No.....

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Editing and coding products and materials

(sequence C....

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5.1 Step C-1: Product code (long form).... 153

5.2 Step C-2: Product code (short form)..... 153

5.3 Step C-3: Product quantity (long form).. 153

5.4 Step C-4: Cost of materials

(long form).....

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Rounding.....

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Verification of editing-coding.

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Workload controls.....

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Introduction...

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General considerations...

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2.1 Card punch and verification equipment.... 156

2.2 Prefixing necessary zeros....

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2.3 Rounding....

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2.4 Questionnaire items with no entries.. 157

2.5 Problem questionnaires..

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2.6 Program card.....

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Chapter V-3. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR

EDITING AND CODING

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Introduction...

1.1 Purposes of editing..

1.2 Coding methods....

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6.3 Programming considerations....

6.31 Individual-table approach.

6.32 Multi-table approach.....

6.4 Intended use of print-outs...

6.41 Final publication.

6.42 Work tables...
Advance sample tabulations.....
7.1 Value of advance sample tabulations...
7.2 Planning a procedure...

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Chapter V-7. QUALITY CONTROL OF DATA

PROCESSING OPERATIONS

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Introduction.....

Control functions...

2.1 Master ED file....

2.11 Content and preparation.

2.12 Use of the file....

2.13 Revision of the master ED file..

2.2 Hand counts....

2.3 Magnetic tape filing control..

2.31 External labels.....

2.32 Internal labels.

2.4 Card-to-tape control....

2.5 Edit control......

2.6 Tabulated control counts.

2.7 Filing punched cards....

Card-to-tape runs....

3.1 Advantages of magnetic tapes.

3.2 Validity tests...

3.3 Output record format.

3.4 Tape blocking......

3.5 Card-to-tape diary....

3.51 Content and preparation of

diary.....

3.52 Review of the diary.

3.53 Corrective action...

Planning for machine edits.....

4.1 Control units for machine editing..

4.2 Methods of error correction...

4.21 Definition of "hot deck"..

4.22 Definition of "cold deck"....

4.3 Edit diary.....

4.31 Description of diary..

4.32 Review of diary.....

4.33 Corrective action...

Machine edit specifications....

5.1 Tests for scope and reasonableness....

(sequence A)...

5.11 Step A-1: Value of resales....

5.12 Step A-2: Value of receipts for

repair and installation.....

5.13 Step A-3: Value of other mis-

cellaneous receipts....

5.14 Step A-4: Ratio of input to

output....

5.15 Step A-5: Total value of pro-

ducts, contract work, and

other receipts.....

5.2 Activity coding (sequence B)..........

5.3 Consistency checks, corrections and

imputations (sequence C).......

Tabulation of data.....

6.1 Review of table formats..

6.2 Appraisal of resources..

6.21 Mac ine capabilities.

6.22 Personnel...

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1. Introduction...

2. Concepts of quality control..

2.1 Objectives of quality control.....

2.2 Techniques for controlling quality.

2.21 Verification of output..

2.22 Consistency checks....

2.23 Error detection at later

operational stages...

2.24 Stratification.....

2.25 Removal of substandard

personnel.....

3. Amount of verification...

3.1 No verification.....

3.2 Complete verification.

3.3 Sample verification...

3.31 Time utility...

3.32 Cost compared with complete

verification..

3.4 Spot checking......

3.5 Token verification..

4. Measurement of quality.....

4.1 Definition of error rate.

4.2 Establishment of acceptable levels

of performance....

4.3 Significant and non-significant

errors....

4.4 Dependent verification..

4.41 Error noting....

4.42 Error planting..

4.43 Pre-verification.

4.5 Independent verification...

4.51 Two-way independent

verification.....

4.52 Modified two-way independent