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Working Paper

Differences in ACS and 2010 Census Occupancy Status - Sampling Frame

December 20, 2012

Overview of differences between the 2010 Census universe of housing units and 2010 ACS housing unit sampling frame, related to occupancy status discrepancies.

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Working Paper

Evaluating Response in the ACS by Race and Ethnicity

November 29, 2012

Provides important information about the inclusion of racial and ethnic groups in the ACS.

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Working Paper

Data Quality Assessment of the ACS Internet Response Data

November 21, 2012

Determines whether Internet respondents provided comparable data to mail respondents.

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Working Paper

Option for Improving Mail Return Edit Used in Failed Edit Follow up

November 06, 2012

Exploration of using an alternative method in the mail return edit (assigning a point value to each missing item) to determine a reduced FEFU workload.

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Working Paper

Projected 2013 Costs of a Voluntary American Community Survey

November 02, 2012

Provides updated cost and workload estimates associated with implementing a voluntary ACS.

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Working Paper

Refreshing Community Address Updating System Block Score for 2011

September 27, 2012

Analyzed the post 2010 Decennial Address Canvassing results of the Demographic Area Address Listing program.

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Working Paper

Results from the April 2011 Puerto Rico Community Survey Internet Test

September 10, 2012

Summarizes results of the PRCS Internet Test conducted in April 2011.

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Working Paper

Improving Weighted Person-Level Estimates from the ACS's PUMS

August 10, 2012

Research into using an expanded weighting matrix to improve consistency between estimates of the full sample ACS and its Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS).

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Working Paper

An Evaluation of the Transition to the iCADE Data Capture System

July 31, 2012

Overview of the ACS evaluation of the iCADE system, including the flow of forms through the data capture process, and the 2011 workloads by step.

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Working Paper

2011 ACS Internet Tests: Results from First Test in April 2011

June 25, 2012

Summarizes results of first ACS Internet test to determine the best way to present the Internet mode in the ACS mailings to maximize self-response.

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Working Paper

2011 ACS Internet Tests: Results from Second Test in November 2011

June 25, 2012

Summarizes results of second ACS Internet test to determine the best way to present the Internet mode in the ACS mailings to maximize self-response.

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Working Paper

Investigation: Expanding Community Address Updating System Universe

May 24, 2012

Analyzed results of the Census 2010 address canvassing and experimental listings conducted by the Community Address Updating System.

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Working Paper

ACS and 2010 Census Occupancy Status - Data Collection Methods

May 23, 2012

Review of ACS field representative and Census enumerator procedures, training, etc. to identify differences that contribute to occupancy status discrepancies.

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Working Paper

Feedback from Small Area Data Users on ACS 5-Year Estimates

May 10, 2012

Summary of results from a series of outreach sessions conducted to gain feedback on 5-year estimates from users of small area statistics.

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Working Paper

Ungeocoded File Records in Counties Outside Census 2000 Blue Line

April 28, 2012

Evaluation of decision to begin using ungeocoded delivery sequence file records.

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Working Paper

Design of the American Community Survey Internet Instrument

April 18, 2012

Details the design considerations in developing the ACS Internet instrument used in both 2011 ACS Internet tests.

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Working Paper

American Community Survey/Census Group Quarters Match

March 28, 2012

Evaluation of match between ACS and 2010 Census group quarters lists.

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Working Paper

April 2011 ACS Internet Test: Attitudes and Behavior Study Follow up

March 07, 2012

Summarizes the findings from a follow up survey of mail responders, Internet responders, and nonresponders in the experimental treatment of the Internet Test.

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Working Paper

Identifying Records That Elude Housing Unit Frame Filters

March 01, 2012

Analysis of 2009 address canvassing results in an attempt to address the increasing over-coverage in the ACS housing unit frame.

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Working Paper

2010 Evaluation Report Covering Wages

February 06, 2012

Results of proposed changes to the wages content as tested in the 2010 American Community Survey Content Test.

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Working Paper

Research on Master Address File Quality - Implications for the ACS

February 03, 2012

Summary of research done to assess the quality of the Master Address File and to identify components of the ACS sample frame requiring additional research.

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Working Paper

Evaluation of the PRCS-Operational Feasibility and Quality

January 20, 2012

Evaluation of operational feasibility and quality of the Puerto Rico Community Survey, using workload, cost, and response rate information.

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Working Paper

Respondent Characteristics: Mandatory and Voluntary Response Methods

January 17, 2012

Examines how the distribution of respondent characteristics differ between the two methods and whether any difference is reflected in the final estimates.

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