A Bayesian approach to 2000 Census evaluation using ACE survey data and demographic analysis.(Annual Capital Expenditures )

From: Journal of the American Statistical Association | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Demographic analysis of data on births, deaths, and migration, together with coverage measurement surveys that use capture-recapture methods, have established that U.S. Census counts are flawed for certain subpopulations. Previous work using 1990 Census data in African-Americans age 30-49 proposed a hierarchical Bayesian model that assembled Census, follow-up survey, and demographic data, providing a principled solution to the problem of negative estimated counts in some subpopulations, smoothing highly variable estimates across subpopulations, and providing estimates of precision that ...

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