Is the census reliable?
Brent Bainto, social media editor
Published: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Updated: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 20:03
Pro:
Basic purpose still served despite apparent flaws
Reliability is a funny thing. Often mistakenly interchanged with perfection, the idea that something or someone can be relied on does not necessarily mean that it does exactly everything and anything it is meant to do all the time, any time.
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Con:
Low response rates indicate abundance of erroneous data
The census is one of the most important activities American residents can participate in, but it is certainly not a reliable survey for the measurement of population growth or resource allocation.
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