Alternative Sources of
Expenditure Data
Ideas to Explore….
New technologies and data bases available that were
not around when CE was originally designed.
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Checkout scanner data
Loyalty card data
Credit card data
Other
Possible ways to use alternative data
– Partial substitution for direct data collection
– Allocation of global expenditures to detailed
subcategories
– Validation
– Editing and imputation
– Direct tabulation
– Other
Examples…..
Concerns …..