04868nam 2200589 a 450 991081771930332120200520144314.01-280-18716-697866101871640-309-59100-70-585-00238-X(CKB)110986584752130(OCoLC)42328524(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055355(SSID)ssj0000226519(PQKBManifestationID)11185942(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226519(PQKBWorkID)10258089(PQKB)10201996(MiAaPQ)EBC3376281(Au-PeEL)EBL3376281(CaPaEBR)ebr10055355(OCoLC)923262574(EXLCZ)9911098658475213019971112d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPreparing for the 2000 census interim report II /Andrew A. White and Keith F. Rust, editors1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19971 online resource (v, 98 pages)"Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methodologies, Committee on National Statistics, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council."Appendix includes: Sampling in the 2000 census : interim report I.0-309-05880-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-84).Preparing for the 2000 Census -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Application of Sampling Procedures -- NEED FOR SAMPLING -- CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF SAMPLING -- The Terminology of Sampling Variability -- Sampling Error and Public Confidence -- Sampling and the Mail Return Rate -- The Accuracy of Small-Area Data -- 3 Addresses Linked to Geography: Cornerstone of the 2000 Census -- NEED FOR AN ACCURATE MAF -- CENSUS BUREAU PLANS -- Use of USPS Address Lists -- Updating TIGER, MAF, and the Linkage Between Them -- Targeted Updating -- Rural Areas -- Cooperation with Local Governments: Final Stages -- Multiple Unit Structures -- ASSESSMENT -- 4 Improved Survey Methods: Making It Easier to Respond -- RESPONDENT-FRIENDLY QUESTIONNAIRES -- MULTIPLE MODES FOR RESPONSE -- TARGETING FOR SPANISH-LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRES -- TARGETED PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS -- SERVICE-BASED ENUMERATION -- 5 Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-Up: Achieving Adequate Precision at Acceptable Cost -- ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR NONRESPONSE FOLLOW-UP -- ASSESSMENT OF THE BASIC DESIGN ALTERNATIVES -- Operational and Costs Issues -- Sampling Variability Associated with Alternative Designs -- Other Criteria -- Conclusions About Design Alternatives -- OTHER DESIGN ISSUES -- Determining the Appropriate Amount of Nonresponse Follow-Up -- Unit of Sampling -- Follow-Up of Units with Postmaster Returns -- Role of Administrative Records -- 6 Integrated Coverage Measurement: Tackling the Differential Undercount -- INCLUSION OF INTEGRATED COVERAGE MEASUREMENT IN THE FINAL CENSUS ENUMERATION -- ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES -- RESULTS FROM THE 1995 CENSUS TEST -- Face Validity of the Methodologies -- Operational Problems: Incomplete Rosters -- Operational Problems: The Integrated Coverage Measurement Interview -- Weighting Procedures -- Comparability of Blocks -- NEXT STEPS.OTHER ISSUES AND RESEARCH -- Total Error Model -- Use of Administrative Records -- Sample Design and Estimation Methods -- 7 Administrative Records: Looking to the Future -- BUILDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS DATABASE -- Privacy and Confidentiality -- File Acquisition -- Processing of Source Files -- Combining Files -- Evaluation of the Administrative Data -- Quality of the Individual Source Files -- Address -- Race and Hispanic Origin -- Quality of the Database -- USES OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS FOR 2000 -- Master Address File Updating -- Enumeration of Special Population Groups -- Reduction of the Nonresponse Follow-Up Workload -- Augmentation of Integrated Coverage Measurement Household Rosters -- Imputation of Missing Long-Form Items -- Estimation for Nonrespondents Not Selected in the Nonresponse Follow-Up Sample -- Experimentation with an Administrative Records Census -- CONCLUSION -- References -- APPENDIX Sampling in the 2000 Census Interim Report I -- Contents -- REFERENCES.United StatesCensus, 2000Methodology304.6/0723White Andrew A1598594Rust Keith1598595National Research Council (U.S.).Panel to Evaluate Alternative Census Methodologies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817719303321Preparing for the 2000 census3920928UNINA