Sampling and the Census
A CASE AGAINST THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS FOR UNDERCOUNT
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Word Count
35,000 words, Guess
Page Count
140 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8245285M
- ISBN-139780844741024
- ISBN-100844741027
- OCLC Control Number40602892
- OCLC Control Numbersamplingcensusca0000darg
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99011413
- LibraryThing2447641
Classifications
- LCCHA179 .D37 1999
Description
How to conduct Census 2000 has become a highly contentious issue, and the delay in selecting an approach threatens the census's eventual effectiveness. In dispute is the proposed "census sampling" technique for addressing the problem of undercount. Because census data are used to apportion federal funds and to determine how congressional seats are divided among and within states, the ultimate decision will have an important political effect. Media reports misleadingly suggest that sampling would heighten the accuracy of the count. But in Sampling and the Census, Kenneth Darga presents a compelling case against the proposed procedure. In an attempt to address an inaccuracy at the national level, the adjustment would seriously undermine the reliability of census data at the state and local levels.
First Sentence
The decennial census scheduled for the year 2000 carries out a requirement in the U.S. Constitution first implemented in 1790.
Excerpt
The decennial census scheduled for the year 2000 carries out a requirement in the U.S. Constitution first implemented in 1790.
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