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October 1988

Evaluation of mean wage estimates in the Industry Wage Survey program

Penny L. Asbury, Carl B. Barsky

Variances and wage distribution data provide the basis for evaluating the reliability of mean wage estimates: sampling size, worker counts, and wage dispersion were found to affect relative standard errors.

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