Census?

They're fucking it up aren't they? I say this as someone who received no mailing from the Fed Gov.

I received two within 4 days of each other after I had responded online.

JR

Same here, mailing, responded online, another mailing, but this second one said if I didn't respond online I'd get yet another mailing with the option of responding by mail.

Someone who applied to work for the census told me they were being hired to go to any address that didn't respond online or by mail.

Replied online, three postal pieces arrived, that seems standard.

https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html

I wonder what the story is in Peurto Rico? I know they are in bad shape but an under 1% response rate seems like there is a problem with getting mailings out.

This Census is going to be a inaccurate clusterƒuck. Count the ways-- 1) we have an inept, "ant-Government" executive branch in office, 2) a global pandemic in full swing, and 3) a Latinx population that has been mortally terrified for the last four years. In my wildest imagination I can't see a way for it to go smoothly.

Smooth is relative. If it's not part of "The Narrative" from President Trump it's not likely to be noticed - - smooth.

Accuracy is not subjective, and I feel certain the census will be pretty inaccurate.

Flint;1049934 wrote:

. . . 3) a Latinx population that has been mortally terrified for the last four years. . .

I live right in the middle of a downright thick on the ground Hispanic population: local observation over four years shows "mortally terrified" does not describe them. There *are* those who insist you believe they're in a state of mortal terror -- but these people are very blockheaded and psychotically tendentious. Yet... look at you, believing their every superstitious word. Critical thinking, mister Flint??

Critical thinking is why I've stopped voting Democratic. Critical thinking is valuable. The Donkey Party, not so much.

Nine questions on the 2020 Census took rather less than nine minutes to answer online. 'Cluster' is not the word I'd use.

Can't argue with anecdotal evidence, amirite?

Flint;1050905 wrote:

Can't argue with anecdotal evidence, amirite?

I know a guy and he knows some guys.

Not when there are enough anecdotes to run statistical analyses on.

It's shaky ground, trying to apply medical-science protocols to social science questions. If you were borne out, I'd see a lot more nervous Californians than I do. And tell me -- have we seen Mexicans and Other Than Mexicans fleeing south of the Rio Grande in their tens of millions? -- we have not.

"Social Science" is a questionable term; other phrasings may be more accurate.

Urbane Guerrilla;1051187 wrote:

Not when there are enough anecdotes to run statistical analyses on.

Uh, yes. Even then. The plural of anecdote is not data.

What part of "run statistical analysis" did you not internalise?

I'm on-scene. You are not. Am I going to believe some last-ditch anticonservative fanatic, or dismiss him as being nutty as a PayDay bar? -- or on the gripping hand believe my own unimpaired eyes and ears?

Flint;1049934 wrote:

Count the ways-- 1) we have an inept, "ant-Government" executive branch in office . . .

Spoken like a true-blue Statist. The Nazis were such, and the Stalinists, all the Marxist-Leninists, the Maoists, far and away the Juche North Koreans, the Senderistas, the Maduristas... all the followers of the lesser ways.

It is not necessary that you keep company with the likes of these. I am proud that I do not, having self-respect.

Urbane Guerrilla;1051407 wrote:

What part of "run statistical analysis" did you not internalise?

You don't run statistical analysis on anecdotes, because they are self-selecting. You run statistical analysis on surveys that deliberately get a wide variety of responses.

He's blinded by the light of his own grandeur. :rolleyes:

I am on-scene. You are not.

Their ethnicity concerns no one of responsibility. Their, ah, casual attitude about official permissions rather does. It's not even villainy driving them, but a complete want of opportunity in the class stratified societies down south. Subsistence farming isn't making it. Since the pandemic, border crossings have gone to about zilch.

xoxoxoBruce;1051428 wrote:

He's blinded by the light of his own grandeur. :rolleyes:

Use a carp. You can blind yourself with it.

Use you? No thanks, you're too fishy.

I have received and completed two US Census snap surveys in as many weeks. They are trying to track Covid impacts, and the questions are pretty good. Interestingly, the questions have not changed, but my answers have. They even ask about mental health stuff with a handful of questions about how much you worry, if you find enjoyment in doing stuff and things like that.

I left the links in there because I bet they don't work now that I have taken the survey

[INDENT][INDENT]A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau

To continue to support the nation’s recovery, we are again collecting timely information on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected people’s lives and finances. We are asking you to participate in another round of the Household Pulse Survey, even if your situation has not changed. This survey is being conducted over the next five days only.

https://covid.census.gov/jfe/form/SV_0P73zM7bFdxbCeh?Q_CHL=gl&Q_DL=bJZACY1kb4f8KJF_0P73zM7bFdxbCeh_CGC_02gEGKwi1g934S9

Data from this survey will measure the effects of coronavirus (COVID-19) on individuals, families, and communities across the country. Your participation will help policymakers direct assistance to the people and places that need it most. While your participation is voluntary, it is important.

The Household Pulse Survey is available via the following link:

https://covid.census.gov/jfe/form/SV_0P73zM7bFdxbCeh?Q_CHL=gl&Q_DL=bJZACY1kb4f8KJF_0P73zM7bFdxbCeh_CGC_02gEGKwi1g934S9

Due Date: May 18, 2020

Thank you in advance for your time and participation.

Sincerely,

Steven D. Dillingham
Director
U.S. Census Bureau [/INDENT][/INDENT]

Urbane Guerrilla;1051407 wrote:

What part of "run statistical analysis" did you not internalise?

I'm on-scene. You are not. Am I going to believe some last-ditch anticonservative fanatic, or dismiss him as being nutty as a PayDay bar? -- or on the gripping hand believe my own unimpaired eyes and ears?

You quit pooping on Jerry Pournelle.

glatt;1052606 wrote:

I have received and completed two US Census snap surveys in as many weeks. ...

And the data is in.

US data from Covid pulse survey I took for four weeks.

Rough sledding. Our housing crisis worsens