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Activity Number: 54
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #305822
Title: An Overview of the 2005 National Census Test
Author(s): Jennifer Tancreto*+
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 5610 Paynes Endeavor Drive, Bowie, MD, 20720,
Keywords: census ; experiment
Abstract:

In preparation for the 2010 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau conducted the 2005 National Census Test (NCT) in the fall of 2005. The 2005 NCT was a large, multifaceted mailout test designed to study questionnaire content and design as well as methods for improving response and the efficiency of data collection procedures. In this paper, I outline the five overarching objectives of the 2005 NCT, then describe the treatments used to test them. I explain how the treatments were intermixed into one panel design for cost-saving purposes and provide the justification behind the combinations of treatments into the experimental panels. I then describe the sample design and sample selection procedures. Finally, I report issues that occurred during the data collection period and provide global metrics for the test.

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