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One form of error that can affect census adjustments is correlation bias, reflecting people who are doubly missing—from the census and from the adjusted counts as well. This article presents a method for estimating the total national number of doubly-missing people and their distribution by race and sex. Application to the 1990 U.S. census adjustment leads to an estimate of 3 million doubly-missing people. Correlation bias is likely to be a serious problem for census adjustment in 2000. The methods of this article are well suited for measuring its magnitude.
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2000
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Authors: | Wachter, Kenneth W. ; Freedman, David A. |
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Evaluation Review. - Vol. 24.2000, 2, p. 191-211
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