Monthly Archives: August 2010

Quality in a Census Part 5

Posted on August 30, 2010 by briana
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Comparing the census counts to alternatives is one way to get a sense of how good the census is; if all alternative ways of estimating the size of the population yield about the same conclusions, we feel good about the … Continue reading →

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Update on the Last Field Operations

Posted on August 24, 2010 by briana
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As I noted in an earlier post, we are now running two field operations as part of the quality improvement phase of the 2010 Census – the vacant/delete check (double checking the status of units of a variety of types, … Continue reading →

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Measuring Quality in a Census, Part 4

Posted on August 23, 2010 by briana
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The point of the first three posts on census quality was to note that there is no known “truth” with regard to the population of the United States. We have different tools, each of which gives us a different look … Continue reading →

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Costs of the Census; Some Good News

Posted on August 10, 2010 by briana
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There have been many reasonable critiques of the costs of the decennial census. At many public events I have shared my own judgment that we must reduce the costs of the next census. While the spending that occurred before 2009 … Continue reading →

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