Why do we still need a census? Views from the age of "truthiness" and the "death of evidence"

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-47

  Walton Roberts, Margaret ^a   Beaujot, Roderic ^b   Hiebert, Daniel ^c   McDaniel, Susan ^d   Rose, Damaris ^e   Wright, Richard ^f  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; census; data; research; USA

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA SET; PANEL DATA; RESEARCH WORK;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896077739     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cag.12065     Document Type: Article

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