INFO 7470 - Social and Economic Data
@ Cornell VirtualRDC

Session 2: Universes, Populations, Frames, and Samples

• Lecture Notes (PowerPoint PDF)
• Assigned Readings and Materials
  • Census 2000 Basics
  • Census 2000 Public Use Micro Samples (especially Appendix C)
  • American Community Survey Frame Development
  • U.S. Census Bureau Procedures for Updating the Master Address File (see Appendix C)
  • 2010 Census Local Update of Census Addresses
  • Economic Census 2002 Methodology
  • Procedural History of the 2002 Economic Census
  • Economic Census 2007 Methodology
  • Report of Organization Survey (also known as the Company Organization Survey)
  • Survey of Income and Program Participation Sample Design and Interview Procedures (current)
  • Sampling Frame for the Current Population Survey
  • Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Infrastructure File System (see section 2)
  • Swedish Register-based Population Census 2005
• Assigned Tasks
  • Lab 2
• Background Materials
• American Community Survey Data Documentation
• BLS Current Population Survey Methods
• NAICS Documentation
• BLS Current Employment Statistics Methods
• German Register-based Population Census