Government Executive

Census Bureau recommends against sampling data

Dealing a serious blow to congressional supporters of statistical sampling, a panel of Census Bureau experts Thursday recommended against using the controversial method for producing redistricting ...
The Heritage Foundation

Could 2010 Census Include Make-Believe People?

Left-leaning groups want to include millions of pretend people in the real-life 2010 Census. It almost happened in 2000. This time, they might get their way The administration claims it has "no plans" ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Reengineering the Census Bureau's Annual Economic Surveys

Suggested Citation: "5 Sampling and Estimation." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Reengineering the Census Bureau's Annual Economic Surveys. Washington, DC: The ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Small Populations, Large Effects: Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey

The sampling frame for the American Community Survey (ACS) is based on the Master Address File (MAF), which is the Census Bureau’s inventory of known housing units, group quarters (GQ), transitory ...