The Role of Evaluation in U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing

The Role of Evaluation in U.S. Censuses of Population and Housing

The U.S. Census Bureau has had a wide-ranging programme establishing measures of reliability in recent population censuses. This paper summarises some of the findings, with emphasis on recent work and on the interplay between evaluation and census methodology.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series D (The Statistician) 1971-06, Vol.20 (2), p.33-46
Hauptverfasser: Waksberg, J., Perkins, W. M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Censuses
Data sampling
Error rates
Housing
Housing units
Questionnaires
Sampling bias
Sampling errors
Statistical variance
Statistics
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Zusammenfassung:The U.S. Census Bureau has had a wide-ranging programme establishing measures of reliability in recent population censuses. This paper summarises some of the findings, with emphasis on recent work and on the interplay between evaluation and census methodology.
ISSN:0039-0526
1467-9884
DOI:10.2307/2987034