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Table 1 Summary of quality criteria by industry

From: Using electronic transaction data to add geographic granularity to official estimates of retail sales

Industry

Quality criteria

Suppression

Coverage (FD-to-EC and FD-to-MRTS)

Trend correlations

Certainty-to-noncertainty

FD region-to-region

FD region-to-MRTS

441

Motor vehicle and parts dealers

X

 

X

  

442

Furniture and home furnishings stores

X*

    

443

Electronics and appliance stores

   

X*

X*

444

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

X

X

X

X

X

445

Food and beverage stores

X

X

X

X*

X*

446

Health and personal care stores

X*

    

447

Gasoline stations

X*

X

X

X*

X*

448

Clothing and clothing accessories stores

X

X

X

X*

X*

451

Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, and book stores

     

452

General merchandise stores

X*

 

X

  

453

Miscellaneous store retailers

X*

    

454

Nonstore retailers

  

X

  

722

Food services and drinking places

X

X

X

X

X

  1. X indicates acceptable quality, and X* indicates acceptable quality with some notable geographic and/or time exceptions. Industries selected for estimation are in italics