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| Agency in charge of unemployment numbers |
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| Primary Sampling Units ( PSU) |
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| The city, county, or group of contigous countries that are being sampled |
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| Ultimate Sampling Units (USU) |
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| This sample consists of about 4 units. Of these four some are picked at random |
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| Civilians that are either unemployed or employed |
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| the percentage of the civilian labor force which is unemployed |
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| classified through marital status, race, age, and sex |
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| these are less informative than simple random samples of the same size. The simple random sample formula for the standard error does not apply |
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| Current population survey |
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| this is how unemployment rates in the US are estimated. |
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| the splitting the sample into two halves and seeing how they agree |
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| indivual measurement -exact value-chance error |
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| anyone who works outside of the home even part-time |
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| anyone who wans to work, but has given up looking for work in the outside work force |
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