Definition: Systematic error

Category: Memobust Glossary

Definition 1: Error reported consistently over time and/or between responding units.

Definition 2: Type of error for which the error mechanism and the imputation procedure are known.

Definition 3: Systematic deviation of the estimate from the true value. 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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