Constitutional and Legal Analysis of Adjustments of a Decennial Census by the Use of Sampling and Other Statistical Methods.

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States).

United States.

Constitutional law.

Demographic surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1987.

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Summary:

Analyzes constitutional and legal issues concerning statistical adjustments of a decennial census when there have been undercounts of population in certain States and localities. Analyzes meaning of "actual enumeration" in Constitution; and Section 195 of Title 13 of U.S. Code, which authorizes use of sampling procedures except for Congressional apportionment purposes. Concludes that it would be constitutionally permissible to use certain statistical adjustment methods to provide for appropriate adjustments in census figures, provided that such statistical methods were highly accurate and reliable.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Constitutional and Legal Analysis of Adjustments of a Decennial Census by the Use of Sampling and Other Statistical Methods

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