01831cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF001843 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451844153 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Carson, Carol. Assessing Accuracy and Reliability : A Note Basedon Approaches Used in National Accounts and Balance of Payments Statistics / Carol Carson, Lucie Laliberte. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (21 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Both national accounts and balance of payments are based on multiple, complex source data and typically undergo several routine revisions as more and better source data are incorporated into the final estimates. As a result, neither dataset can be subjected directly to the usual statistical measures of sampling biases, variances, and other measurement error properties. In this context, this note, which is addressed to those interested in these datasets and others, explores four approaches that shed light on the accuracy and reliability of these datasets: examination of statistical discrepancies, comparison with other data, analysis of revisions, and judgmental evaluation. Mode of access: Internet Laliberte, Lucie. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/024 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2002/024/001.2002.issue-024-en.xml IMF e-Library