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Monthly Archives: July 2010
“Quality” as Used in Science and “Quality” as Used in Public Discourse
Much of the work of the Census Bureau is embedded in a culture of science. The notions of quality of our work are derived from scientific principles. Our language to describe our products uses scientific and statistical terms. Inherent in … Continue reading
Posted in Quality Assurance
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Telephone Assistance Line is Closing July 30
Our commitment to a complete count required us to develop different ways to reach everyone. The vast majority of households received a census form in the mail in March, but others had a census form dropped off at their door … Continue reading
Posted in Questionnaire Assistance Center
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How’s the Process of Checking on Vacant And Deleted Addresses Going?
We began the initial operations for the penultimate operation to enumerate the US population about July 1. The “vacant/delete check,” in Census Bureau jargon, is small, relative to the full nonresponse followup operation, which visited 47 million addresses. We’re visiting … Continue reading
Posted in Quality Assurance
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Measuring Quality in a Census, Part 3
An earlier post, “Quality in a Census Part 2,” noted that we have two basic tools to evaluate a census – process-oriented indicators and comparisons to other methods of estimating the population size. This is a post about some of … Continue reading
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Repairing a Problem, Connecting With Local Leaders
I spent last Friday visiting with community leaders and census officials in Brooklyn, NY. In one local census office there, some staff reported inappropriate activities, violating our training guidelines among office staff. We investigated and studied how inappropriate office activities … Continue reading
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