Decision-making and sampling size effect

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Rohana Abd Rahman (rohanasr@frim.gov.my), Jean-Marc Roda(roda@cirad.fr), Lim Hin Fui (limhf@frim.gov.my) and Mohd Parid Mamat(paridms@frim.gov.my)
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EAS Strategic Options, 2010, vol. 2010, issue 07, pages 15

Abstract: Sound decision-making requires quality information. Poor information does not help in decision making. Among the sources of low quality information, an important cause is inadequate and inappropriate sampling. In this paper we illustrate the case of information collected on timber prices.

Keywords: prices; sampling; statistic; data; domestic market; export market; malaysia; market; wood products; economy; industry; wood; exports; supply; imports; timber (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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