Quarterly Financial Report

Topics Include:

• Sampling Frame -- The target universe population of corporations
• Sample Selection -- How corporations are selected in the sample
• Nonresponse -- How data from the sample are adjusted to compensate for sample corporations that do not respond to the survey
• Estimation -- How data from the sample are used to compute estimated data for the universe
• Sampling Error -- Measuring the variation in the estimate based on the sample
• Nonsampling Error -- Variation due to coverage, collection, response, nonresponse, and processing
• Seasonal Adjustment -- Accounting for seasonal variations