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The Bicentennial census : new directions for methodology in 1990 / Constance F. Citro and Michael L. Cohen, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]Copyright date: �2015Edition: 30th anniversary editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxiv, 355 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780309372985
0309372984

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bicentennial Census:DDC classification:

304.609730904

LOC classification:

HA201 1990

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Contents:

FrontMatter; Foreword to the 30th Anniversary Edition; Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Purposes and Uses of the Decennial Census; 3 Census Methodology: Prior Practice and Current Test Plans; 4 Evaluating the Decennial Census: Past Experience; 5 Taking the Census I: Improving the Count; 6 Taking the Census II: The Uses of Sampling and Administrative Records; 7 Adjustment of Population Counts; 8 Measuring the Completeness of the 1990 Census; References; Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff; Index; Committee on National Statistics.

Summary: In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend improved methods, and to guide the Census Bureau on technical problems in appraising contending methods with regard to the conduct of the decennial census. In response, the panel produced an interim report that focused on recommendations for improvements in census methodology that warranted early investigation and testing. This report updates and expands the ideas and conclusions about decennial census methodology. In preparing this online edition, the panel's study directors, Constance Citro (currently, CNSTAT director) and Michael Cohen (currently, CNSTAT senior program officer), carefully proofread the original text only to correct previously undetected typographical and formatting errors.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend improved methods, and to guide the Census Bureau on technical problems in appraising contending methods with regard to the conduct of the decennial census. In response, the panel produced an interim report that focused on recommendations for improvements in census methodology that warranted early investigation and testing. This report updates and expands the ideas and conclusions about decennial census methodology. In preparing this online edition, the panel's study directors, Constance Citro (currently, CNSTAT director) and Michael Cohen (currently, CNSTAT senior program officer), carefully proofread the original text only to correct previously undetected typographical and formatting errors.

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