Statistical agencies face a dual mandate to publish accurate statistics while protecting respondent privacy. Increasing privacy protection requires decreased accuracy. Recognizing this as a resource allocation problem, we propose an economic solution: operate where the marginal cost of...

Many surveys contain a wealth of subjective questions that are at first glance rather exciting. Examples include "How important is leisure time to you?" "How satisfied are you with yourself?"; or "How satisfied are you with your work?" Yet despite easy availability, this is one data source that...

Dieses fundierte Lehrbuch führt umfassend und praxisrelevant in die statistische Methodenlehre für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studiengänge ein. Verfahren der Deskriptiven Statistik, der Explorativen Datenanalyse, der Stochastik, der Induktiven Statistik sowie der Multivariaten Statistik...