The American Community Survey - Warmer (more current), but fuzzier (less precise) than the decennial census
The American Community Survey - Warmer (more current), but fuzzier (less precise) than the decennial census
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10.1080/01944360608976768
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
MacDonald, Heather
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作者：
MacDonald, Heather
美国社区调查最终正在进行中，该调查将取代许多规划者依赖的十年一次的人口普查长表数据。2006年夏天，首次公布了65 000个或更多地方的全国数据。它对规划有几个有趣的影响。一方面，更新的数据将消除对陈旧普查数据进行预测更新所带来的许多不准确之处。另一方面，较小的样本量将意味着我们将有较不精确的估计。由于ACS将使用平均数据而不是时间点数据，因此它将测量与十年一次的人口普查略有不同的东西。最后，规划者应该警惕他们必须改进的机会。通过改进从中提取样本的地址文件来提高本地数据质量。
The American Community Survey, which will replace data many planners rely on from the decennial Census long form, is finally in progress. The first nationwide data for places of 65,000 or more was released in the summer of 2006. It has several interesting implications for planning. On the one hand, more current data will eliminate many of the inaccuracies introduced by projection-based updates of stale census data. On the other, smaller sample sizes will mean we will have less precise estimates. Because the ACS will use averaged rather than point-in-time data, it will measure slightly different things than the decennial census. Finally, planners should be alert to the opportunities they will have to improve. local data quality by improving the address file from which the sample is drawn.