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Designing the 2010 Census First Interim Report (2000) / Chapter Skim
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Other 2000 Census Data Issues
Pages 28-30

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From page 28...
... The Census Bureau should then use the plan to identify the benefits and resources required for each evaluation study, set priorities among them, and allocate sufficient resources for the careful completion of all or, at least, the highest priority evaluations. These plans should include detailed information on how the data will be analyzed, how the results obtained will inform decisions about the 2010 10The panel was not provided with a list of the individual planned census 2000 evalua tion studies.
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From page 29...
... If the goals are met, the result will be lower costs and, possibly, improved data accuracy, by reducing the frequency of proxy response and differential undercoverage. Recommendation: The Census Bureau should examine various methods for collecting information on the activities of local organizations that are intended to produce a more complete census count.
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From page 30...
... Therefore, this information on daily response rates should be retained, along with information about the areas, including the final census and adjusted counts. Finally, any adjustment of the census will suffer from not being able to incorporate information about local efforts.1l Without these data, some areas with strong local efforts, and thereby possibly reduced undercoverage, will likely have estimated undercounts that are biased upward.
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