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Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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the US statistical system is currently down, I'm estimating that we won't get an accurate picture of what systems have been wiped out until we can get some forensic analysts in there in 2029 or so once we solve a little HR issue we have in the executive branch.

Would be nice to be in a stable country.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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Imagine how much more sense things would make if "Race [dropdown]" and "Hispanic? [Y/N]" weren't separate fields. Or if the available options made sense, or even allowed multiselect instead of having to pick only one. Or allowed for "all my ancestors that I know names of lived in the states, so stop trying to associate me with other places".

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And, um, I can kind of understand thinking it's wrong to deliberately falsify results even in a controlled manner.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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the US statistical system is currently down, I'm estimating that we won't get an accurate picture of what systems have been wiped out until we can get some forensic analysts in there in 2029 or so once we solve a little HR issue we have in the executive branch.

2029? By then the pendulum would swing back to it being considered "deep state intervention" and a "waste of taxpayer funds" especially since "the national debt is higher than ever".

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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Imagine how much more sense things would make if "Race [dropdown]" and "Hispanic? [Y/N]" weren't separate fields. Or if the available options made sense, or even allowed multiselect instead of having to pick only one. Or allowed for "all my ancestors that I know names of lived in the states, so stop trying to associate me with other places". . And, um, I can kind of understand thinking it's wrong to deliberately fals…

Hispanic isn't related to race.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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the US statistical system is currently down, I'm estimating that we won't get an accurate picture of what systems have been wiped out until we can get some forensic analysts in there in 2029 or so once we solve a little HR issue we have in the executive branch.

This shit aint never getting fixed.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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post #21

the US statistical system is currently down, I'm estimating that we won't get an accurate picture of what systems have been wiped out until we can get some forensic analysts in there in 2029 or so once we solve a little HR issue we have in the executive branch.

Would be nice to be in a stable country.

Sort this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_sovereign_state...

... by "Date of last subordination", it says there's very few that have been themselves for longer.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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Imagine how much more sense things would make if "Race [dropdown]" and "Hispanic? [Y/N]" weren't separate fields. Or if the available options made sense, or even allowed multiselect instead of having to pick only one. Or allowed for "all my ancestors that I know names of lived in the states, so stop trying to associate me with other places". . And, um, I can kind of understand thinking it's wrong to deliberately fals…

Hispanic isn't related to race.

Sure. And there's that story about Feynman listing his race as "mutt" on some official form because the rest also aren't mutually exclusive.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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I believe that most people are in favor of fixing the problems caused by the improper allocation of additional congressional representation to areas with larger populations of non-citizens. This piece complains about the upcoming changes without going into any depth on the problems these proposed changes will resolve.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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I believe that most people are in favor of fixing the problems caused by the improper allocation of additional congressional representation to areas with larger populations of non-citizens. This piece complains about the upcoming changes without going into any depth on the problems these proposed changes will resolve.

You mean the pigheaded interpretation of the constitution?

Ignorance supports itself i guess.

Re: Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system

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Is that "difficult" quote from a separate source? I can't find it in the text of the linked report. Also, the report says that both red and blue states had both overcounts and undercounts, which is a different picture than "over counts in blue states". It is accurate that more blue states had overcounts and more red states had undercounts. I realise your question is rhetorical, but the report does offer a possible an…

Also worth pointing out that when the census can't collect individualized data, they estimate it based on existing government data. The quality of data varies significantly depending on the local government, and pretty much all governments were struggling to figure out the current state of things during the pandemic.
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