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Activity Number:
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292
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Type:
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Other
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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ASA
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| Abstract - #302060 |
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Title:
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Statistical Terminology, Census 2000, and the Supreme Court: Lessons Learned from Utah v. Evans
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Author(s):
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Howard Hogan*+ and Joseph Waksberg*+ and Donald Rubin*+ and Lara Wolfson*+
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Affiliation(s):
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U.S. Census Bureau and Westat, Inc. and Harvard University and Brigham Young University
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Address:
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Room 3019-4, STOP 62, Washington, District of Columbia, 20233-6200, USA 6302 Tone Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20817, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, , Provo, Utah, 84602,
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Keywords:
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census ; imputation ; Supreme Court ; sampling ; expert testimony ; terminology
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Abstract:
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In March 2002, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in Utah v. Evans (01-714), a case challenging the use of imputation in Census 2000 and the apportionment of a congressional seat between Utah and North Carolina. The case rests on two issues: whether or not the inclusion of persons in the 2000 census through the nearest-neighbor hot-deck imputation algorithm is an application of the "statistical method known as sampling"; and if the imputation method is consistent with the constitutional requirement for an "actual enumeration." The controversy in the case stems largely from varying interpretations of the meaning of statistical terms. In this panel discussion, four of the statisticians who provided expert testimony in the case will discuss their opinions on the merits of the case, the implications of the case for the future conduct of the US Census, and the implications this case may have on other legal statutes that use statistical terminology.
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- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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