Sponsoring Section/Society: ASA-SOC
Session Slot: 10:30-12:20 Thursday
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Session Title: Statistical Methodologies for Census 2000
Theme Session: Yes
Applied Session: Yes
Session Organizer: Thompson, John H. Bur. of Census
Address: Decennial Census, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301/457-3946
Fax: 301/457-3024
Email: john_h_thompson@ccmail.census.gov
Session Timing: 110 minutes total (Sorry about format):
Opening Remarks by Chair - 5 minutes Speaker - 45 minutes First Discussant - 15 minutes Second Discussant - 15 minutes Third Discussant - 15 minutes Floor Discussion - 25 minutes
Session Chair: Thompson, John H. Bur. of Census
Address: Decennial Census, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301/457-3946
Fax: 301/457-3024
Email: john_h_thompson@ccmail.census.gov
1. Statistical Methodologies for Census 2000-Decisions, Issues, and Preliminary Results
Waite, Preston Jay, Bur. of Census
Address: Decennial Census, Washington, DC 20233
Phone: 301/457-3968
Fax: 301/457-3024
Email: pwaite@census.gov
Hogan, Howard, Bur. of Census, DSS
Abstract: Planning and development for Census 2000 is well underway. A fundamental strategy to achieve the goals of increased accuracy at reduced cost is the use of innovative statistical sampling methods as an integral part of census data collection. Census 2000 will be the first decennial census that will use sampling to introduce efficiencies into the follow-up of households that do not mail back a questionnaire. Census 2000 will also include, for the first time, an integrated coverage measurement survey to ensure a complete enumeration by correcting the initial census results for persons who would otherwise be missed. The Census Bureau has been conducting research throughout the decade to develop these statistical methodologies, leading to a complete plan the implementation of these methodologies. The research has been developed and discussed with the a number of advisory and stakeholder groups including the National Academy of Sciences, the American Statistical Society, and the U.S. Congress. As was the case for previous censuses, the incorporation of sampling as an integral part of census data collection is an extremely controversial topic. A number of issues, both technical and political, have been raised and extensively debated.This paper will discuss the results of the research that has been conducted this decade and will present the final plan for implementing statistical sampling in Census 2000. The paper will also address the key methodological decisions that have been made in developing the methodologies, and will present some preliminary findings from the 1998 dress rehearsal. Finally, the issues that have been raised will be discussed.
Discussant: Mulry, Mary M/A/R/C Research
Address: 7850 North Belt Line Road, Irving, Texas 75063-6098
Phone: 972/506-3971
Fax: 972-506-3504
Email: mary.mulry@marcresearch.com
Discussant: Rust, Keith F. Westat, Inc.
Address: 1650 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850-3129
Phone: 301/251-8278
Fax: 301/294-2034
Email: rustk1%westat@mcimail.com
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