Handbook on precision requirements and variance estimation for ESS households surveys - 2013 edition - Products Manuals and Guidelines

The objective of this handbook is to present the recommendations of the Task Force on Accuracy set up under the auspices of the DIME (Directors of Methodology of the National Statistical Institutes of the European Statistical System). They comprise: • a recommendation for a standard formulation of precision requirements in EU regulations; • a review of variance estimation methods, with recommendations on good and bad practices; • a recommendation for an integrated approach to the increased availability of standard errors in the European Statistical System; • a recommendation on how to assess National Statistical Institutes' compliance with the precision requirements.