Definition: Random hot deck

Category: Memobust Glossary

A donor record is randomly selected for each recipient record (record with missing information). Usually selection is carried out after grouping units according to some characteristics (e.g. same gender, region, etc.) 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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