Author: Panel on the Design of the 2010 Census Program of
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: census, envisioning
Number of Pages: 362
Published: 2010-06-29
List price: $72.25
ISBN-10: 0309151155
ISBN-13: 9780309151153
Planning for the 2020 census is already beginning. This book from the National Research Council examines several aspects of census planning, including questionnaire design, address updating, non-response follow-up, coverage follow-up, de-duplication of housing units and residents, editing and imputation procedures, and several other census operations. This book recommends that the Census Bureau overhaul its approach to research and development. The report urges the Bureau to set cost and quality goals for the 2020 and future censuses, improving efficiency by taking advantage of new technolog
Author: J. Christopher Mihm
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Keywords: census, issues, historical, overview, decennial
Published: 1998-06
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0788179799
ISBN-13: 9780788179792
Author: Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: census, modernizing
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0309051827
ISBN-13: 9780309051828
The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, continued racial differences in counting the population, and declining public confidence. This volume provides a major review of the traditional U.S. census. Starting from the most basic questions of how data are used and whether they are needed, the volume examines the data that future censuses should provide. It evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well
Author: U. S. Bureau of the Census
Publisher: Clearfield
Keywords: year, new, york, states, united, families, first, census, heads
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 1998-10
List price: $47.50
ISBN-10: 0806304855
ISBN-13: 9780806304854
Author: Panel on Research on Future Census Methods Natio
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: challenges, risks, census, reengineering
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 2004-03-31
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0309091896
ISBN-13: 9780309091893
At the request of the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Research Council’s Committee on National Statistics established the Panel on Research on Future Census Methods to review the early planning process for the 2010 census. This new report documents the panel’s strong support for the major aims of the Census Bureau’s emerging plan for 2010. At the same time, it notes the considerable challenges that must be overcome if the bureau’s innovations are to be successful.The panel agrees with the Census Bureau that implementation of the American Community Survey and, with it,
Author: Panel on Reseach on Future Census MethodsNational
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: report, interim, second, census, planning
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2003-08-29
List price: $35.75
ISBN-10: 0309089689
ISBN-13: 9780309089685
Author: Panel on Alternative Census MethodologiesCommitte
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: census, compass, series, methods, modern, changing, nation, measuring
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 1999-04-07
List price: $31.75
ISBN-10: 0309064449
ISBN-13: 9780309064446
Provides details and informative presentations on the wide variety of aspects of decennial census processes relevant to the panel’s charge. Softcover.
