Reengineering the 2010 census : risks and challenges / Panel on Research on Future Census Methods ; Daniel L. Cork, Michael L. Cohen, and Benjamin F. King, editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Research on Future Census Methods.

Contributor:

Cork, Daniel L.

Cohen, Michael L.

King, Benjamin F.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistics.

United States--Census, 23rd, 2010--Planning.

United States.

United States--Census, 23rd, 2010--Methodology.

United States--Census, 23rd, 2010--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 269 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the request of the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Research Council (TM)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 (TM)s strong support for the major aims of the Census Bureau (TM)s emerging plan for 2010. At the same time, it notes the considerable challenges that must be overcome if the bureau (TM)s innovations are to be successful. The panel agrees with the Census Bureau that implementation of the American Community Survey and, with it, the separation of the long form from the census process are excellent concepts. Moreover, it concurs that the critically important Master Address File and TIGER geographic systems are in dire need of comprehensive updating and that new technologies have the potential to improve the accuracy of the count. The report identifies the risks and rewards of these and other components of the Census Bureau (TM)s plan. The report emphasizes the need for the bureau to link its research and evaluation efforts much more closely to operational planning and the importance of funding for a comprehensive and rigorous testing program before 2010.

Contents:

FRONT MATTER

Contents

Executive Summary

I Background and General Planning

1 The Panel on Research on Future Census Methods

2 The General Plan for the 2010 Census

II Issues of Census Design 55

3 Modernizing Geographic Resources

4 American Community Survey

5 Enumeration and Data-Processing Methods

6 Technical Infrastructure and Business Process

7 Coverage Measurement

III The Census Bureau's Research and Research

8 Evaluations

9 Census Tests

10 Recommendations

Bibliography

Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.

Notes:

"The project that is the subject of this report was supported by contract no. 50-YABC-8-66016 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Census Bureau"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-261).

ISBN:

9786610176212

9780309166270

0309166276

9781280176210

1280176210

9780309531467

0309531462

OCLC:

55773906