Definition: Qualitative error

Category: Social statistics

Error arising from ignorance or forgetfulness of the facts, refusal to reply to a question, failure to understand a question or failure of an interviewer to put the question clearly or to record its answers properly. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_84_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems", Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 84, New York, 2002
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