The use of statistical methods in the U.S. Census: Utah v. Evans

American Statistician

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-212

  Cantwell, Patrick J ^a   Hogan, Howard ^a   Styles, Kathleen M ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Census coverage; Congressional apportionment; Imputation; Probability sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043113529     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313004X1189     Document Type: Review

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