Preparing For the 2000 Census Interim Report II (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Change is not the enemy of an accurate and useful census; rather, not changing methods as the United States changes would inevitably result in a seriously degraded census. The history of census methods has been one of continuous change, innovation, and evaluation.
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The report described the ways in which the use of sampling for nonresponse follow-up could reduce the level of nonsampling error that arises in the process of collecting census data. The next chapter of this report reviews some additional issues related to the use of sampling procedures as a part of census operations that were not addressed in the panel's first interim report, particularly the implications of sampling for public confidence in the census, mail return rates, and the accuracy of small-area data.
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Although sampling for nonresponse follow-up Will improve efficiency and yield some improvements in quality, it is the integrated coverage measurement component of the 2000 census that will address long-standing issues of undercoverage and accuracy. Chapter 6 reviews the history of undercoverage and coverage measurement and it looks at experimental results for two methods proposed for integrated coverage measurement.
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