Statistical modeling methodology for the Voting Rights Act section 203 language assistance determinations

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 505, 2014, Pages 36-47

  Joyce, Patrick M ^a   Malec, Donald ^b   Little, Roderick J A ^c   Gilary, Aaron ^a   Navarro, Alfredo ^d   Asiala, Mark E ^a  

^a U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Sampling Operations and Analysis Measurement Science Nielsen Audio   (United States)

Author keywords

American Community Survey; Bayesian methods; Decennial Census; Small area estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901770966     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2013.859077     Document Type: Article

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