Definition: Macro-editing

Category: Memobust Glossary

Definition 1 : An umbrella term for editing methods that (initially) check the data on an aggregate level.

Definition 2 : A procedure for tracking suspicious data by checking aggregates or applying statistical methods on all records or on a subset of them. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
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