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Plans and Activities for 1990 Decennial Census. Part 2: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Census and Population of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session (May 1, 15, 1986).
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Hearings on the 1990 Decennial Census were held on May 1, 1986, and May 15, 1986. The May 1 session focused on data processing procedures. Speakers included John G. Keane, Daniel G. Horvitz, William Eddy, Judith S. Rowe, Benjamin F. King, and Stephen E. Fienberg. Topics included automation of address files and questionnaire check-in; dissemination of data on a variety of media including microfiche and CD-ROM; cost effectiveness of proposed procedures; linking of household records; and use of microcomputers for data processing. Two areas were mentioned in which the Subcommittee could best assist the Bureau of the Census: the procurement of computer equipment and the oversight of plans for adjustment of censal counts. The second hearing, held on May 15, concerned the census questionnaire and automation. Topics included the design of a shorter census questionnaire form; data conversion methods such as Film Optical Sensing Device for Input to Computer (FOSDIC) and optical mark recognition (OMR); cost effectiveness; and the National Content Test. Speakers included Susan Miskura, Gene Dodaro, and Gail Franke. (GDC)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Collection, Data Processing, Demography, Federal Programs, Hearings, Measurement Objectives, National Surveys, Population Trends, Questionnaires, Research Design, Test Construction
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