Authority and currency
About this authority
- Publisher
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Standing
- Primary authority
- Version
- Current web standard verified 2026-08-07
- Relevant parts
- Scope, key terms, and Requirements D3-4 through D3-6 on coverage, administrative-record quality, collection, and processing error indicators
- Currency
- current · checked Aug 7, 2026
The standard groups nonsampling problems by where representation or measurement can fail: coverage, nonresponse, administrative-record mismatch, processing, coding, linking, and measurement. That distinction matters in accounting and finance because sampling precision can be numerically excellent while the source population, period, classification, or recorded value is wrong.