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From: The Washington Times stories: Politics | May 16, 2009
CENSUS Sampling ruled out for 2010 President Obama’s pick to lead the Census Bureau on Friday ruled out the use of statistical sampling in the 2010 head count, seeking to allay Republican concerns that he might be swayed to put politics over science. Robert M. Groves, a veteran survey researcher from the University of Michigan, also testified during his confirmation hearing that he remains worried about fixing a persistent undercount of hard-to-reach populations, typically minorities living in dense urban areas who tend to vote for Democrats. He told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that the success of …
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