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Monthly Archives: May 2012
How Good was the 2010 Census? A View from the Post-Enumeration Survey
Last week, the Census Bureau released the results of our post-enumeration survey, called “Census Coverage Measurement (CCM).” The results showed that the 2010 Census had a net overcount of 0.01 percent, meaning about 36,000 people were overcounted in the census … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Census
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How do we Conduct a Post-Enumeration Survey?
Post-enumeration surveys are complicated beasts, but their basic features can be communicated simply. The 2010 post-enumeration survey measures the separate components of census coverage as well as the net coverage error. In other words, we are able to know not … Continue reading
Posted in Measuring America
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A Future Without Key Social and Economic Statistics for the Country
Our country faces important Federal funding challenges linked to the current recession and its aftermath. On the Census Bureau’s part, we have been striving to cut administrative costs, reengineer our survey processes, and find innovative ways to squeeze every cent … Continue reading
Posted in About the Agency, Measuring America, Uncategorized
Tagged American Community Survey, Economic Census, population
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How Good was the 2010 Census?, Part 3
As prior blogs have noted, there are 3 ways to evaluate the quality of a census: 1) process indicators that describe the operations, 2) comparisons with other estimates of population size, and 3) a sample survey matched to the census, … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Census, Quality Assurance, Uncategorized
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