Definition: Chain linking

Category: Frascati Manual

Joining together two time series that overlap in one period by re-scaling one of them to make its value equal to that of the other in the same period, thus combining them into a single time series. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/Frascati-Manual-2015_EN.pdf
Source:
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Frascati Manual 2015: The Measurement of Scientific, Technological and Innovation Activities - Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development", Paris, 2015
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