Definition: Monte-Carlo method for autocorrection

Category: UN - Data editing terminology

An automatic correction method in which the corrected data value is randomly chosen on the basis of a previously supplied probability distribution for this data item. The method employs computer algorithms for generating pseudo-random variables with the given probability distribution. http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/kbase/Glossary
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Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), The Knowledge Base on Statistical Data Editing, Online glossary developed by the UNECE Data Editing Group, 2000
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