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Activity Number:
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206
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #300076 |
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Title:
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Plans for Measuring Coverage of the 2010 U.S. Census
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Author(s):
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Donna L. Kostanich*+ and David C. Whitford
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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4700 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland, MD, 20746-7600,
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Keywords:
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measurement error ; coverage error
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Abstract:
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Coverage evaluation of the two previous United States censuses focused mainly on providing estimates of the net undercount. The initial coverage estimates of Census 2000, based on the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey, were unacceptable because the survey failed to measure significant numbers of erroneous census enumerations. Research efforts aimed at correcting for these measurement errors have provided groundbreaking information on the source and magnitude of coverage error components. These prompted us to expand the coverage measurement goals for 2010 beyond estimating net error to include estimating gross error and individual components of error. Based on our 2000 coverage measurement experience and our new goals for 2010 coverage measurement, we have identified major research issues. We believe these are the most important challenges we face to improve coverage measurement in 2010. This paper briefly summarizes the goals and objectives for coverage measurement in 2010, discusses the motivation for the major research topics and also provides a broad overview of its anticipated design features.
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