Census 2000 Testing, Experimentation, And Evaluation Program

By U. S. Census Bureau Department

Book Id: WPLBN0000583863
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Census 2000 Testing, Experimentation, And Evaluation Program
Author:	U. S. Census Bureau Department
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
Collections:	Government Library Collection, U.S. Census Bureau Collection
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Publisher:	United States Census Bureau Department


Citation APA MLA Chicago Census Bureau Department, B. U. (n.d.). Census 2000 Testing, Experimentation, And Evaluation Program. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Introduction: In their final report on the design of Census 2000, the Commerce Secretary?s 2000 Census Advisory Committee concluded: ?What everyone wants is as simple as A-B-C ... A Better Census.? But how will we know if we achieve a better census in 2000, and how will we build a better one for 2010? An important source for answering these questions will be the Census 2000 Testing, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program. Besides being used to assess Census 2000, this program will help design testing for early 2010 Census planning and provide information for the American Community Survey, Master Address File Updating System, and other Census Bureau censuses and surveys. As other countries look to the U.S. Census Bureau as a leader in techniques and methodologies, the results of the Census 2000 Testing, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program may also help them in making more informed decisions in designing their censuses.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Part A: The Census 2000 Testing, Experimentation, and Evaluation Program Overview . . . . . A-1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3 What We Will Learn from the Evaluation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4 What We Will Learn from the Census 2000 Testing and Experimentation Program . . . . . . . . A-6 Planning for the Next Decade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8 Part B: The Census 2000 Testing and Experimentation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 Census 2000 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5 Administrative Records Census 2000 Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7 Social Security Number, Privacy Attitudes, and Notification Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9 Response Mode and Incentive Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11 Census 2000 Supplementary Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13 Use of the Employee Reliability Inventory File for Nonresponse Followup Enumerators . . . B-15 Ethnographic Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17 Part C: The Census 2000 Evaluation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5 A: Response Rates and Behavior Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7 B: Content and Data Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11 C: Data Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17 D: Partnership and Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19 E: Special Places and Group Quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21 F: Address List Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-25 G: Field Recruiting and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-31 H: Field Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-33 I: Coverage Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37 J: Ethnographic Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-41 K: Data Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-43 L: Processing Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-45 M: Quality Assurance Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-49 N: Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-51 O: Coverage Evaluations of the Census and of the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-57 P: Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey Statistical Design and Estimation . . . . . . . C-63 Q: Organization, Budget, and Management Information System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-65 R: Automation of Census Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-67