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FPCD-82-32 1 (1982-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdcs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i i t.0- r4 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ul WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 rROCRIAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION B-167266 118072 APRIL 5,1982 The Honorable Raymond J. Donovan The Secretary of Labor Dear Mr. Secretaryz Subject: Additional Improvements Needed in the National Survey of Professional, Administrative, Tech- nical, and Clerical Pay (FPCD-82-32) This report summarizes the results of our review of the National Survey of Professional, Administrative, Technical, and Clerical (PATC) Pay. This survey is made annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to collect private enterprise data for use by the President's Pay Agent in assessing and adjusting sal- ary rates of Federal white-collar employees. Our May 1973 report, Improvements Needed in the Survey of Non-Federal Salaries Used as Basis for Adjusting Federal White- Collar Salaries (B-167266), identified improvements that could be made to the PATC survey. BLS has made many changes since that time to maintain and improve the quality of the survey data; it is now considering several new approaches to further improve the survey process. We believe additional improvements can be made. Our objectives, s cope, and methodology and the results of our work are discussed in the enclosure. As with any statistical survey, the results of the PATC sur- vey are subject to some uncertainty--sampling and nonsampling errors. The accuracy of the survey results depends on the extent of such errors. Sampling errors occur because only a portion of the universe of private sector establishments is selected for analysis. BLS measures and reports sampling errors and has recently improved its method for measuring sampling errors. Although the BLS sampling methodology meets generally ac- cepted statistical methods, the impact of establishment refusals (963166)

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