PROF Ciaran Driver cd12@soas.ac.uk
Professor of Economics
Transforming Qualitative Survey Data: Performance Comparisons for the UK
Driver, Ciaran; Urga, Giovanni
Authors
Giovanni Urga
Abstract
This paper assesses different ways of converting qualitative data obtained in surveys into quantitative indices for a number of economic variables. The research reported here focuses on the main UK employers’ business survey for manufacturing – the CBI industrial trends survey. Six response variables are investigated – plant and machinery investment, output, employment, exports, price and cost. We find that the balance statistic is a satisfactory method of transforming three of the variables: investment, output and exports.
Citation
Driver, C., & Urga, G. (2004). Transforming Qualitative Survey Data: Performance Comparisons for the UK. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 66(1), 71-90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2004.00070.x
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2004 |
Deposit Date | Oct 22, 2010 |
Journal | Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics |
Print ISSN | 0305-9049 |
Electronic ISSN | 1468-0084 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 66 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 71-90 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2004.00070.x |
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