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==Research studies==
==Research studies==
Census Bureau stays current by conducting research studies to improve the work that they do. Census researchers explore topics about survey innovations, participation, and data accuracy, such as undercount,<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hare |first=William |title=Investigating the 2010 Undercount of Young Children – Summary of Recent Research |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/plan/final-analysis/2020-report-2010-undercount-children-summary-recent-research.html |access-date=September 28, 2023 |website=2020 Census Final Analysis Reports}}</ref> overcount,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sha |first=Mandy |title=Success of Applying Census Residence Rule to Resolve Duplication |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2014/adrm/ssm2014-04.html |access-date=September 28, 2023 |website=Census Working Papers}}</ref> the use of technologies,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Elizabeth |title=Use of Mobile Phone Location Data in Official Statistics |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2023/adrm/rsm2023-03.html |access-date=September 28, 2023 |website=Census Working Papers}}</ref> multilingual research,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sha |first=Mandy |title=Multilingual Research for Interviewer Doorstep Messages Final Report |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2018/adrm/rsm2018-08.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Census Working Papers}}</ref> and ways to reduce costs. In addition, the Bureau pretests surveys and digital products before they are fielded and then evaluates them after they have been conducted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why does research matters at the Census Bureau? |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/research/about.html |access-date=September 26, 2023 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
Census Bureau stays current by conducting research studies to improve the work that they do. Census researchers explore topics about survey innovations, participation, and data accuracy, such as undercount,<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hare |first=William |title=Investigating the 2010 Undercount of Young Children – Summary of Recent Research |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/plan/final-analysis/2020-report-2010-undercount-children-summary-recent-research.html |access-date=September 28, 2023 |website=2020 Census Final Analysis Reports}}</ref> overcount,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sha |first=Mandy |title=Success of Applying Census Residence Rule to Resolve Duplication |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2014/adrm/ssm2014-04.html |access-date=September 28, 2023 |website=Census Working Papers}}</ref> the use of technologies,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Elizabeth |title=Use of Mobile Phone Location Data in Official Statistics |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2023/adrm/rsm2023-03.html |access-date=September 28, 2023 |website=Census Working Papers}}</ref> multilingual research,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sha |first=Mandy |title=Multilingual Research for Interviewer Doorstep Messages Final Report |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2018/adrm/rsm2018-08.html |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Census Working Papers}}</ref> and ways to reduce costs. In addition, the Bureau pretests surveys and digital products before they are fielded and then evaluates them after they have been conducted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why does research matters at the Census Bureau? |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/research/about.html |access-date=September 26, 2023 |website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
==Notable figures==
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* [[John Shaw Billings]]
* [[Rattan Chand]]
* [[W. Edwards Deming]]
* [[Davis Rich Dewey]]
* [[Halbert L. Dunn]]
* [[Murray Feshbach]]
* [[Robert Groves]]
* [[Henry Gannett]]
* [[Morris H. Hansen]]
* [[Joseph Adna Hill]]
* [[Herman Hollerith]]
* [[Leslie Kish]]
* [[John Wesley Langley]]
* [[Bernard Malamud]]
* [[Thomas Commerford Martin]]
* [[Warren Mitofsky]]
* [[Ivan Petrof]]
* [[Cyrus Guernsey Pringle]]
* [[Richard M. Scammon]]
* [[Howard Sutherland]]
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==See also==
==See also==