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JSM 2002 Abstract #301035
Activity Number: 348
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods*
Abstract - #301035
Title: Conditioning of Census 2000 Data Collected in Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Block Clusters
Author(s): Katie Bench*+ and Anne Kearney
Affiliation(s): U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 115 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, 22301, United States of America
Keywords: Causal Independence ; Census ; Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation ; Multiple Comparisons
Abstract:

The Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.) uses the dual-system estimation method. The dual-system estimation method assumes there are two independent lists of the population. The first list is the original census enumerations, and the second is a list of those covered by the sampling frame for the A.C.E. sample. The independence assumption can fail due to causal dependence, or conditioning of Census 2000 data collected in A.C.E. block clusters. Conditioning occurs when the event of an individual's inclusion or exclusion from one list affects the probability of his/her inclusion in the other list.

This study examines if the A.C.E. conditioned census data collected in A.C.E. blocks. To determine the potential existence of conditioning, we aggregate census data in A.C.E. blocks to the national, evaluation poststrata, or regional and Type of Enumeration Area (TEA) levels. Then, we compare census data in A.C.E. blocks to census data in non-A.C.E. blocks to see if significant differences exist.


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