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BLS Handbook of Methods
This Web version of the BLS Handbook of
Methods includes a table of Handbook
contents and the full text of each chapter. You may
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The BLS Handbook of Methods presents
detailed explanations of how the Bureau of Labor
Statistics obtains and prepares the economic data it
publishes. BLS statistics are used for many purposes, and
sometimes data well suited to one purpose may have
limitations for another. This edition of the Handbook,
like its many predecessors, aims to provide users of BLS
data with the most current information necessary to
evaluate the suitability of the statistics for their
needs.
Chapters for each major Bureau program give a brief
account of the programs origin and development and
then follow with comprehensive information on concepts
and definitions, sources of data and methods of
collection, statistical procedures, where the data are
published, and their uses and limitations. Sources of
additional technical information are given at the end of
most chapters.
The Handbook was written by members of
the staffs of the various BLS program offices. It was
edited and prepared for publication in the Bureaus
Division of BLS Publishing, Office of Publications and
Special Studies.
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Last Modified Date: April 26, 2007
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