Definition: Automatic coding

Category: Memobust Glossary

Coding (in batch) using a program. The program takes all of the decisions. (Source: Hacking & Willenborg (2012)

The computer assigns codes to the verbal responses working in "batch" processing. (Source: Macchia S. and Murgia M (2002) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, ESSnet "Memobust", "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), March 2014
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