census

(noun)

an official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals

Related Terms

Examples of census in the following topics:

  • Populations

    • This type of information gathering over a whole population is called a census .
    • This is the logo for the Bureau of the Census in the United States.

  • Practice 2: Calculating Probabilities

  • Practice 1: Hypothesis Testing for Two Proportions

    • In the recent Census, 3 percent of the U.S. population reported being two or more races.

  • Observational studies

    • Local governments prospectively collect some variables as events unfolded (e.g. retails sales) while the federal government retrospectively collected others during the 2010 census (e.g. county population counts).

  • Samples

    • Typically, the population is very large, making a census or a complete enumeration of all the values in the population impractical or impossible.

  • Determining Sample Size

    • In a census, data are collected on the entire population, hence the sample size is equal to the population size.

  • Observations, variables, and data matrices

    • These data were collected from the US Census website.

  • Tukey Ladder of Powers

    • Of course, the decennial census began in 1790.
    • We can examine the decennial census population figures of individual states as well.

  • Homework

    • Census Bureau, Current Population Reports)
    • Census Bureau).

  • Homework

    • ((Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-17/minority-births-census/55029100/1))
    • (Source: Bureau of the Census)
    • (Source: Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census)