Systematic sampling is straightforward and low risk, offering better control. However, it may introduce sampling errors and ...

Dealing a serious blow to congressional supporters of statistical sampling, a panel of Census Bureau experts Thursday recommended against using the controversial method for producing redistricting ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Census Bureau on Friday ruled out the use of statistical sampling in the 2010 head count. Robert M. Groves, a veteran survey researcher from the ...

Left-leaning groups want to include millions of pretend people in the real-life 2010 Census. It almost happened in 2000. This time, they might get their way The administration claims it has "no plans" ...

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to expand its study of whether the Clinton administration can use statistical sampling for the 2000 census. The court had agreed Sept. 10 to decide a dispute spurred ...

President Obama will today announce that he has chosen potentially-polarizing University of Michigan professor Robert M. Groves to become census director, according to the Associated Press. Groves, a ...

Only a few feet of space–typically enough for a gangway–lies between the humble bungalows and small apartment buildings that line the streets of the tightly packed Little Village neighborhood. But ...