Monthly Archives: September 2010

A Data-Filled Fall

Posted on September 16, 2010 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves There are many folks awaiting the results of the 2010 Census. Researchers and demographers especially will feast on detailed data releases that begin in December and go right through to 2014 with statistics gleaned from … Continue reading →

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So What Happens Now?

Posted on September 13, 2010 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves Now that we’re finished with the data collection for the 2010 Census, it’s tempting to think everything is complete. We have a real hard deadline of December 31, 2010 to deliver the state population counts … Continue reading →

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Quality in a Census, Some Overview Thoughts

Posted on September 9, 2010 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves The series of posts on quality of a census all made the point that there are various ways to measure how good a census is – all of them imperfect. I think it important to … Continue reading →

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Completing The Field Work on Quality Assurance

Posted on September 3, 2010 by briana

Written by: Director Robert Groves During the past few months, we’ve been conducting major field quality assurance operations. The last two I’ve blogged about in the past – the vacant/delete check and the field verification check. Both of these are … Continue reading →