Measuring the Measurement Error: A Method to Qualitatively Validate Survey Data
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- Blattman, Christopher & Jamison, Julian & Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia & Rodrigues, Katherine & Sheridan, Margaret, 2016. "Measuring the measurement error: A method to qualitatively validate survey data," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 99-112.
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- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
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