Census
A census is an attempt to list all elements in a group and to measure one or more characteristics of those elements. The group is often an actual national population, but it can also be all houses, businesses, farms, books in a library, cars from an assembly line, and so on. A census can provide detailed information on all or most elements in the population, thereby enabling totals for rare population groups or small geographic areas. A census and a sample survey have many features in common, such as the use of a questionnaire to collect information, the need to process and edit the data, and the susceptibility to various sources of error. Unlike a sample survey, in which only a subset of the elements ...
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Reader's Guide
Ethical Issues In Survey Research
Measurement - Interviewer
Measurement - Mode
Measurement - Questionnaire
Measurement - Respondent
Measurement - Miscellaneous
Nonresponse - Item-Level
Nonresponse - Outcome Codes And Rates
Nonresponse - Unit-Level
Operations - General
Operations - In-Person Surveys
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Operations - Mall Surveys
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Political And Election Polling
Public Opinion
Sampling, Coverage, And Weighting
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