The Census Bureau needs authority and funding now for a dress rehearsal of all its information-gathering techniques, including sampling, to ensure the most accurate count three years hence.

A good case can be made that sampling is the only tested and affordable method of achieving an important goal–a more accurate count of the population.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Census Bureau can’t use sampling — a method of using a subset of people to estimate characteristics of the whole population — but the justices have said ...

Dealing a setback to the Clinton administration’s efforts to significantly change the way the 2000 census will be conducted, the Supreme Court on Monday said a controversial method of countin… ...

The Supreme Court agreed on Jan. 22 to consider whether the Census Bureau used unconstitutional sampling methods in the 2000 census. If the court rules in Utah”s favor, Utah will gain a ...

On Tuesday, a teleconference sponsored by the Census 2000 Initiative, a nonprofit group dedicated to educating people about the Census, included officials who supported the sampling method.

Tommy Wright, Sampling and Census 2000: The Concepts: Established statistical methods can reduce net undercounting of the population—if they are allowed, American Scientist, Vol. 86, No. 3 (MAY-JUNE ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Census Bureau can't use sampling — a method of using a subset of people to estimate characteristics of the whole population — but the justices have said ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Census Bureau can’t use sampling — a method of using a subset of people to estimate characteristics of the whole population — but the justices have said ...

When U. S. Census Bureau workers couldn't find out any information about some households after repeatedly mailing them questionnaire reminders and sending census takers to knock on their doors ...