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The Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas was
established by the Committee on National Statistics at the National
Research Council in response to the Improving America's Schools Act
of 1994. That act charged the U.S. Census Bureau to produce updated
estimates of poor school-age children every two years for the
nation's more than 3,000 counties and 14,000 school districts. The
act also charged the panel with determining the appropriateness and
reliability of the Bureau's estimates for use in the allocation of
more than $7 billion of Title I funds each year for educationally
disadvantaged children. The panel's charge was both a major one and
one with immovable deadlines. The panel had to evaluate the Census
Bureau's work on a very tight schedule in order to meet legal
requirements for allocation of Title I funds. As it turned out, the
panel produced three interim reports: the first one evaluated
county-level estimates of poor school-age children in 1993, the
second one assessed a revised set of 1993 county estimates; and the
third one covered both county- and school district-level estimates
of poor school-age children in 1995. This volume combines and
updates these three reports into a single reference volume.
Sample design is key to all surveys, fundamental to data
collection, and to the analysis and interpretation of the data.
Introduction to Survey Sampling, Second Edition provides an
authoritative and accessible source on sample design strategies and
procedures that is a required reading for anyone collecting or
analyzing survey data. Graham Kalton discusses different types of
probability samples, stratification (pre and post), clustering,
dual frames, replicates, response, base weights, design effects,
and effective sample size. It is a thorough revision and update of
the first edition, published more than 35 years ago. Although the
concepts of probability sampling are largely the same, there have
been important developments in the application of these concepts as
research questions have increasingly spanned multiple disciplines,
computers have become central to data collection as well as data
analysis, and cell phones have become ubiquitous, but response
rates have fallen, and public willingness to engage in survey
research has waned. While most of the volume focuses on probability
samples, there is also a chapter on nonprobability samples, which
are becoming increasingly important with the rise of social media
and the world wide web.
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Using the American Community Survey - Benefits and Challenges (Paperback)
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on the Functionality and Usability of Data from the American Community Survey; Edited by Graham. Kalton, …
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The American Community Survey (ACS) is a major new initiative from
the U.S. Census Bureau designed to provide continuously updated
information on the numbers and characteristics of the nation's
people and housing. It replaces the "long form" of the decennial
census. Using the American Community Survey covers the basics of
how the ACS design and operations differ from the long-form sample;
using the ACS for such applications as formula allocation of
federal and state funds, transportation planning, and public
information; and challenges in working with ACS estimates that
cover periods of 12, 36, or 60 months depending on the population
size of an area. This book also recommends priority areas for
continued research and development by the U.S. Census Bureau to
guide the evolution of the ACS, and provides detailed,
comprehensive analysis and guidance for users in federal, state,
and local government agencies, academia, and media. Table of
Contents Front Matter Executive Summary 1 Introduction PART I:
Using the American Community Survey, 2 Essentials for Users 3
Working with the ACS: Guidance for Users PART II: Technical Issues,
4 Sample Design and Survey Operations 5 The Weighting of ACS 1-Year
Period Estimates 6 Weighting and Interpreting ACS Multiyear
Estimates PART III: Education, Outreach, and Future Development, 7
Important Next Steps References Appendix A Acronyms and
Abbreviations Appendix B Controlling the American Community Survey
to Postcensal Population Estimates Appendix C Alternatives to the
Multiyear Period Estimation Strategy for the American Community
Survey Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Index to Executive Summary and Chapters 1-7 Committee on National
Statistics
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