Definition: Generalized edit and imputation system

Category: UN - Data editing terminology

Generalized Edit and Imputation System (GEIS) is a processing system that was developed at Statistics Canada to meet the requirements of the Canadian economic surveys. Its main features are:

1. an error localization function which uses a minimum change approach, and

2. an imputation function which performs deterministic imputation, donor imputation, and imputation by estimators. http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/kbase/Glossary
Source:
Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), The Knowledge Base on Statistical Data Editing, Online glossary developed by the UNECE Data Editing Group, 2000
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