Counting on the Census?
Peter Skerry · 2000
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About the book
"In part, this book is a brief against census adjustment. It begins by arguing that the inherent unreliability of racial and ethnic data requires a more realistic standard of accuracy than has typically been adopted by adjustment advocates. It also maintains that the implications of the undercount for both minorities and nonminorities--including the partisan interests of Democrats and Republicans--are grossly exaggerated and misunderstood. A novel intervention into a highly complex system, adjustment would produce all sorts of unpredictable results..." -- Introduction, p.1.
Book details
- Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Press
- Editions
- 5
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN
- 9780815779643
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