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RECALL

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Definition:
A method of obtaining information by means of an interview in which the respondent is required to remember past events. A common application is the recall of consumer expenditures.

Source Publication:
Statistical Policy Working Paper 4 - Glossary of Nonsampling Error Terms: An Illustration of a Semantic Problem in Statistics, United States Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, 1978.

Hyperlink:
http://www.fcsm.gov/working-papers/sw4.html

Statistical Theme: Methodological information (metadata)

Created on Friday, July 26, 2002

Last updated on Wednesday, March 12, 2003