EVEN WITHOUT POLITICS, THE CENSUS IS STUPENDOUSLY difficult. Just before April 1 of next year, the Census Bureau will mail about 94 million questionnaires to American households and deliver an ...

Try dropping the words "statistical sampling" while in conversation with a Republican politician and watch the sizzle. Why does such a nerdy blending of adjective and noun inflame GOP lawmakers like ...

While Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue high-stakes maneuvering over the 2000 census, Arizona has sent Washington a defiant message on what kind of numbers will — and will not — be ...

Dealing a serious blow to congressional supporters of statistical sampling, a panel of Census Bureau experts Thursday recommended against using the controversial method for producing redistricting ...

The U.S. Constitution calls for the government to count the population every 10 years so that congressional seats can be allocated among the states. That, unfortunately, is easier said than done. The ...

As Texas Gov. George W. Bush continues his presidential campaign’s outreach to minority voters this week, leaders of some civil rights organizations are becoming more critical of his cautious views ...

Stumping on his platform of "compassionate conservatism," George W. Bush reached out to minorities, promising over and over again that he would work hard to make sure every American has a voice. Mr.

Survey researchers increasingly recognize that a single survey of the general public can rarely represent the views of small groups of Americans. Such surveys frequently have too few interviews with ...

Dec. 29, 2000 — -- Even before the Census Bureau released figures this week that will shuffle the number of seats many states have in Congress, Washington was roiling over a second set of numbers ...

The White House and House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s office have reached a tentative agreement to let the Census Bureau test its hotly debated method for estimating the country’s population, officials ...