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... Although these three basic purposes of coverage measurement are related, they place different demands on a coverage measurement program. The focus of coverage measurement for adjustment is to estimate net coverage error; for census process improvement, estimates of net coverage error are insufficient, since they may hide offsetting errors arising from problems with census processes.
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... In addition, the panel proposes an analytic framework that may suggest additional research activities, which may also be expanded in the final report. THE 2010 COVERAGE MEASUREMENT RESEARCH PROGRAM The Census Bureau has initiated a number of important projects in response to the need to redesign coverage measurement and related activities.
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... In this report, the panel offers advice on this research program in the following areas: Use of cross-validation for assessing alternative logistic regression models for • estimating match probability and correct enumeration probability. Use of survey weights in the development and analysis of logistic regression • models.
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... Recommendation 4: Given the number of important research activities currently under way, the needed design of the coverage measurement programs in the dress rehearsal and in the 2010 census, and the additional research suggested by the panel, the Census Bureau should provide the coverage measurement group with sufficient resources to carry out its current research program, its planning activities regarding the dress rehearsal and the 2010 census, and the activities listed in this report.
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