Research Catalog

Title

Envisioning the 2020 census / Panel on the Design of the 2010 Census Program of Evaluation and Experiments. ; Lawrence D. Brown ...[et al.] editors ; Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Author

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on the Design of the 2010 Census Program of Evaluations and Experiments

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brown, Lawrence D.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics

Description

xix, 339 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

• United States > Census, 2020 > Planning
• United States > Census, 2020 > Methodology
• United States > Census, 2010 > Evaluation

Note

• "The project that is the subject of this report was supported by contract no. YA1323-06-CN-0031 between the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Academy of Sciences"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-331).
• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

Contents

I. Final Report -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 1-A. The Panel, Its Charge, and Previous Reports -- 1-B. Overview of This Report -- 2. Planning the 2020 Census: Cost and Quality -- 2-A. Development of the Modern Census -- 2-A.1. 1940 and 1950: Sampling and R&D -- 2-A.2. 1960: Mailour and the "Long Form" -- 2-A.3. 1970-1980: Mailour-Mailback, Computerized Address List, Coverage Improvement, Dual-System Estimation -- 2-A.4. 1990-2000: Controversy Over Adjustment; Incremental Change -- 2-A.5. 2010: Recovery from Near Disaster? -- 2-B. Census Quality -- 2-B.1. Definition and Measures -- 2-B.2. Net Coverage Error, 1940-2000 -- 2-B.3. Another Metric: Gross Coverage Errors -- 2-C. Census Costs -- 2-C.1. Census Costs Over Time -- 2-C.2. Life-Cycle Cost of the 2010 Census -- 2-C.3. Comparison with Other Censuses -- 2-C.4. Coverage and Costs -- 2-D. Assessment: Time to Rethink the Census and Census Research -- 3. Census Bureau Research, Past and Present -- 3-A. Current Research: Unfocused and Ineffective -- 3-A.1. Legacy of Research -- 3-A.2. Flaws in Current Census Research and the 2010 CPEX -- 3-B. Key Steps in Rethinking the Census by Rethinking Research -- 3-B.1. Identify Visions for Next Census and Focus on a Limited Set of Goals -- 3-B.2. Build Capacity to Evaluate Costs to Alternative Visions -- 3-B.3. Build from 2010 Experience and Data (If Not the 2010 CPEX) -- 3-B.4. Examples of Research Directions: Strategic Issues for the 2020 Census -- 4. Revitalizing Census Research and Development -- 4-A. In-House R&D---Why and What -- 4-B. Properties of a Successful R&D Program -- 4-C. Structuring a Successful R&D Program -- 4-C.1. Leadership -- 4-C.2. Organization -- 4-C.3. Project Teams -- 4-C.4. Funding -- 4-C.5. Training -- 4-C.6. Advistory Committees -- 4-C.7. Opportunities to Participate in Research -- 4-D. A New Census Research and Development Program -- 4-D.1. Organization and Leadership -- 4-D.2. Integration -- 4-D.3. Fostering Outside Collaboration -- 4-D.4. Budgeting for Research -- A. Past Census Research Programs -- A-1. 1950 Census -- A-1.a. Principal Pretests and Experiments Conducted Prior to the Census -- A-1.b. Research, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program -- A-2. 1960 Census -- A-2.a. Principal Pretests and Experiments Conducted Prior to the Census -- A-2.b. Research, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program -- A-3. 1970 Census -- A-3.a. Principal Pretests and Experiments Conducted Prior to the Census -- A-3.b. Research, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program -- A-4. 1980 Census -- A-4.a. Principal Pretests and Experiments Conducted Prior to the Census -- A-4.b. Research, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program -- A-5. 1990 Census -- A-5.a. Principal Pretests and Experiments Conducted Prior to the Census -- A-5.b. Research, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program -- A-6. 2000 Census -- A-6.a. Principal Pretests and Experiments Conducted Prior to the Census -- A-6.b. Research, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program -- A-7. Principal Pretests and Experiments Conducted Prior to the 2010 Census -- A-7.a. Pretests of Census Operations and Questionnaires -- A-7.b. Dress Rehearsal -- B. 2010 Census Program of Evaluation and Experiments -- B-1. Experiments -- B-1.a. Alternative Questionnaire Experiment -- B-1.b. Nonresponse Follow-Up Contact Strategy Experiment -- B-1.c. Deadline Messaging/Compressed Schedule Experiment -- B-1.d. Confidentiality/Privacy Notification Experiment -- B-1.e. Heavy-Up Publicity Experiment -- B-2. Evaluations -- B-2.a. Alternative Questionnaire Experiment Reinterview -- B-2.b. Content Reinterview -- B-2.c. Alternative Group Quarters Questionnaire -- B-2.d. Interactive Voice Response Customer Satisfaction Survey -- B-3. Assessments -- II. Interim Report: Experimentation and Evaluation in the 2010 Census (December 7, 2007) -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 1-A. Charge to the Panel -- 1-B. Background: Experiments and Evaluations in the 2000 Census -- 1-B.1. Experiments -- 1-B.2. Evaluations -- 1-C. Post Hoc Assessment of the 2000 Experiments and Evaluations -- 1-D. Overview of the 2010 Census -- 1-E. The CPEX Planning Document -- 1-F. Guide to the Report -- 2. Initial Views on 2010 Census Experiments -- 2-A. A General Approach to the Selection of Census Experiments -- 2-B. Priority Topics for Experimentation in 2010 -- 2-B.1. Internet Data Collection -- 2-B.2. Use of Administrative Records to Assist in Component Census Operations -- 2-B.3. Alternative Questionnaire Experiment -- 2-B.4. Race/Ethnicity as a Single Question -- 2-B.5. Representation of Residence Concepts -- 2-B.6. Other Content Issues -- 2-B.7. Deadline Messaging and Other Presentation Issues -- 2-B.8. A Possible Additional Experiment: Comparison of Telephone to Personal Interview for Coverage Follow-Up Interview -- 2-C. Conclusion -- 3. Initial View on 2010 Census Evaluations -- 3-A. Suggestions for the 2010 Census Evaluations -- 3-A.1. Address List Improvement -- 3-A.2. Master Trace Sample -- 3-A.3. Reverse Record Check -- 3-A.4. Edit Protocols -- 3-A.5. Coverage Assessment of Group Quarters -- 3-A.6. Training of Field Enumerators -- 3-B. A General Approach to Census Evaluation -- 3-C. Initial Considerations Regarding a General Approach to Census Research -- 4. Considerations for the 2010 Census -- 4-A. Technology -- 4-B. Data Retention by Census Contractors -- 4-C. Census Enumeration as Part of Telephone Questionnaire Assistance -- A. The Census Bureau's Suggested Topics of Research -- B. Internet Response Options in Selected Population Censuses -- B-1. The Internet and the U.S. Census -- B-2. Use of the Internet in Foreign Censuses -- III. Letter Report (February 19, 2009).

ISBN

• 0309151155
• 9780309151153

OCLC

• ocn651044451
• 651044451
• SCSB-5534979

Owning Institutions

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