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The project that is the subject of this report is supported by funds provided by the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce, under contract number 50-YABC-8-66016. Support of the work of the Committee on National Statistics is provided by a consortium of federal agencies through a grant from the National Science Foundation (Number SBR-9709489). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.
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PANEL ON RESEARCH ON FUTURE CENSUS METHODS
BENJAMIN F. KING
(Chair),
Boca Raton, FL
DAVID A. BINDER,
Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
MICK P. COUPER,
Survey Research Center, University of Michigan
WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK,
Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
SALLIE KELLER-MCNULTY,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
MICHAEL M. MEYER,
Amazon.com, Seattle, WA
DARYL PREGIBON,
AT&T Laboratories-Research, Florham Park, NJ
KEITH F. RUST,
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD
JOSEPH J. SALVO,
New York City Department of City Planning, NY
JOSEPH L. SCHAFER,
Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University
ALLEN L. SCHIRM,
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Washington, DC
JOSEPH SEDRANSK,
Department of Statistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
DONALD YLVISAKER,
Department of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles
MICHAEL L. COHEN,
Study Director
AGNES E. GASKIN,
Senior Project Assistant
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS
1999-2000
JOHN E. ROLPH
(Chair),
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
JOSEPH G. ALTONJI,
Department of Economics, Northwestern University
LAWRENCE D. BROWN,
Department of Statistics,Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
JULIE DAVANZO, RAND,
Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM F. EDDY,
Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
HERMANN HABERMANN,
Statistics Division, United Nations
WILLIAM KALSBEEK,
Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
RODERICK J.A. LITTLE,
School of Public Health, University of Michigan
THOMAS A. LOUIS,
Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
CHARLES F. MANSKI,
Department of Economics, Northwestern University
WILLIAM NORDHAUS,
Department of Economics, Yale University
EDWARD B. PERRIN,
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington
FRANCISCO J. SAMANIEGO,
Division of Statistics, University of California, Davis
RICHARD L. SCHMALENSEE,
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MATTHEW D. SHAPIRO,
Department of Economics and Survey Research Center, University of Michigan
ANDREW A. WHITE,
Director
Acknowledgments
The Panel on Research on Future Census Methods thanks the many people who contributed to the preparation of this, the panel's first interim report. First, we thank the staff of our sponsor, the Bureau of the Census, who provided detailed and informative presentations on the wide variety of aspects of the census process relevant to the panel 's charge. We are especially indebted to Kenneth Prewitt, Cynthia Clark, Ruth Ann Killion, Jay Keller, Juanita Tamayo Lott, and their entire staff, who were always available to the panel members and staff to answer our many questions. We also thank other Census Bureau staff who played a role in the preparation or presentation of material to the panel: Charles Alexander, Theresa Anguiera, Debbie Bolton, Geraldine Burt, David Hubble, Charlene Leggieri, Joe Knott, Randall Neugebauer, Cleo Redline, and Henry Woltman.
The panel also thanks John Czajka for his presentation on potential uses of administrative records in the 2010 census and Alan Zaslavsky for his presentation on sampling, data collection, and estimation in future censuses.
Eugenia Grohman, associate director for reports of the Commission on Behavior and Social Sciences and Education, enormously improved the report through her technical editing.
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspective and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will
assist the institution in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.
We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in the review process of this interim report: Margo Anderson, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Stephen Fienberg, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; Hermann Habermann, Statistics Division, United Nations; Albert Madansky, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago; D. Bruce Petrie, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Ottawa, Ontario; Samuel H. Preston, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania; James Trussell, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Office of Population Research, Princeton University; and James Walker, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Although the individuals listed above have provided constructive comments and suggestions, it must be emphasized that responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
Benjamin F. King, Chair
Panel on Research on Future Census Methods