Allocation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000060",
  "term": "Allocation",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "The process by which a characteristic (for example, age, race or rent) is assigned to a person or housing unit in the absence of an acceptable entry on the census or survey questionnaire. The general procedure for inserting omitted entries or changing unacceptable entries is to assign an entry for a person that is consistent with other entries for that person or entries for other persons with similar characteristics. The procedure is similar for missing entries.",
  "see_also": [
    "Imputation",
    "Substitution"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/allocation/"
}