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Topcoding

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001936

A disclosure avoidance practice whereby extremely low or high values are masked by replacing them with a value that represents everything above or below a certain value.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001936
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001936",
  "term": "Topcoding",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "A disclosure avoidance practice whereby extremely low or high values are masked by replacing them with a value that represents everything above or below a certain value.",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/topcoding/"
}

Record 1,936 of 2,177 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.