The 2000 Census: Counting Under Adversity

by Constance F. Citro, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council, et al.

The decennial census was the federal government's largest and most complex peacetime operation. This report of a panel of the National Research Council's Committee on National Statistics comprehensively reviews the conduct of the 2000 census and the quality of the resulting data. The panel's findings cover the planning process for 2000, which was marked by an atmosphere of intense controversy about the proposed role of statistical techniques in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309091411
• ISBN13: 9780309091411
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 621 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.