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  title info:
    title: CEMAF as a Census Method
    sub title: A Proposal for a Re-Designed Census and An Independent U.S. Census Bureau
  name:
    name part: Swanson, David A.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Walashek, Paula J.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VI, 46 p. online resource.
  abstract: In provocative terms that push the envelope of technical, administrative, and legal capabilities, Swanson and Walashek propose a re-vamped US census based neither on the current system, self-enumeration, nor its predecessor, door-to-door canvassing. Instead, they propose that it be built on a combination of four elements: (1) administrative records; (2) the continuously updated Master Address File; (3) survey data; and (4) modeling and imputation techniques. They use “Census-Enhanced Master Address File (CEMAF) as a descriptive term for their proposal, which is based on four principles and includes a proposal for an independent Census Bureau. They argue that evidence suggests that the methods used to conduct traditional census counts may be at the end of their useful working lives, as evidenced by increasing costs and declining response rates. Some of their ideas will seem farfetched. However, Swanson and Walashek believe this is the time to discuss radical proposals as governments re-examine the utility of traditional census counts and consider reductions, as is the case in Canada and England. This SpringerBriefs should be on the reading list of staff in statistical agencies grappling with rising costs and declining response rates, as well as census stakeholders concerned about costs, accuracy, and census utility.
  table of contents: I: Introduction -- II: The Four Principles -- III: CEMAF -- IV: Constitutional and Legal Issues Facing CEMAF -- V: Summary.
  note: by David A. Swanson, Paula J. Walashek.
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Constitutional law
  subject:
    topic: Statistics
  subject:
    topic: Social policy
  subject:
    topic: Demography
  subject:
    topic: Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Demography
  subject:
    topic: Statistics, general
  subject:
    topic: Constitutional Law
  subject:
    topic: Social Policy
  classification: HB848-3697
  classification: 304.6
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies, 1
  identifier: 9789400711952
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1195-2
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    record creation date: 110326
    record change date: 20150207061218.0
    record identifier: 978-94-007-1195-2