Evaluating continuous measurement: Data quality in the Bronx test site of the American community survey

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-277

  Salvo, Joseph J ^a   Lobo, Arun Peter ^a   Love, Susan P ^b  

^a Population Division   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA QUALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942291266     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2003-0219     Document Type: Article

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