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Peer reviewedFreedman, David A.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1994
Argues that the loss-function analysis used to adjust the census of 1990 depends on estimating probable errors in census and adjustment and that data from field-validation projects does not provide estimates accurate enough for the purpose. The loss-function analysis is actually driven by assumptions, not data. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Data Analysis, Demography, Estimation (Mathematics)
