Census

Lying With Maps and Census Data
Bookshelf
January 15, 2020

Lying With Maps and Census Data

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The Census Citizenship Question: A Primer
Census
April 22, 2019

The Census Citizenship Question: A Primer

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What Census Data Miss about American Diversity
Census
May 2, 2018

What Census Data Miss about American Diversity

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Democracy Threatened When Census Undercounts Populations
News
April 2, 2018

Democracy Threatened When Census Undercounts Populations

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COSSA, Others Fear Fallout from Census Including Citizenship Question

COSSA, Others Fear Fallout from Census Including Citizenship Question

UPDATED: Many academic groups that use U.S Census data for research fear the negative effects of including a question about citizenship on the 2020 count. “Adding a new citizenship question to the 2020 Census would destroy any chance for an accurate count, discard years of careful research, and increase costs significantly,” wrote The Leadership Conference, an umbrella group.

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And So Power Passes: Whats Next for Federal Role in Social Science?

And So Power Passes: Whats Next for Federal Role in Social Science?

Our Howard Silver looks over some of the personnel changes and rhetoric coming from the White House to see what lies down the road for U.S. government support of social and behavioral science and data collection.

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Science Career Survey Question in Peril

Science Career Survey Question in Peril

UPDATED: The National Science Board hopes it can muster support to save a question in the annual American Community Survey that tells us how many undergrads are taking science and research degrees. And a suite of questions on marriage trends is also facing the ax.

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The Nonresponse Challenge to Surveys and Statistics

The Nonresponse Challenge to Surveys and Statistics

Survey researchers are increasingly unable to get people to respond to surveys. This is a real worry because nonresponse can lead to biased research and because nonresponse poses a significant threat to the federal statistical system in its entirety.

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Gathering Data for Policy Makers, Business and the Public

Gathering Data for Policy Makers, Business and the Public

Federal surveys have been getting more expensive to administer, in part because the number of people who actually respond to surveys has been progressively declining.

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