Avoiding Bias in Estimates of the Effect of Data Error on Allocations of Public Funds

Bruce D Spencer

doi:10.1177/0193841X8500900408

Avoiding Bias in Estimates of the Effect of Data Error on Allocations of Public Funds

Bruce D Spencer

Statistics and Data Science

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Abstract

Commonly used techniques for estimating the effect of data error on fund allocations are biased because they fail to account for numerous sources of data error and for misspecification of the allocation formula itself. Alternative techniquesfor estimating the effect of data error are presented and applied to estimate the effect of census undercount on general revenue sharing allocations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	511-518
Journal	Evaluation Review
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X8500900408
State	Published - 1985

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