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During this discussion, Ms. Riche talks about the new sampling technique developed by the Census Bureau. She talked about the history of the census in the United States and the difficulty of…

Census Bureau Director Martha Farnsworth Riche answered questions during a National Journal Breakfast surrounding the 2000 census, including the use of sampling. She said sampling is a tool …

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics briefed reporters on a new report on the status of children in the U.S. Representatives of several of the 16 federal agencies hig…

In the first of a series of several summer meetings, Census officials talked about how governmental and other organizations could help improve the count in the 2000 census. Director Martha R…

Martha Barnsworth Riche, Director of the US Census Bureau, spoke about the debate over the use of sampling in the 2000 census. She talked about her department’s preparations for the next pop…

Ms. Riche briefed reporters on how the Census Bureau plans to use sampling techniques to count previously undercounted parts of the population. The Republican congressional leadership has ex…