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The term "census"?
My guess is that this topic has been discussed here already.
Anyway...
If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?
-Ramon
Anyway...
If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?
-Ramon
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Ramon I feel that your question is more a matter of statistics than English language, however, I have an English 'A' Level (exams sat at age 18) in Statistics (and another in Pure and Applied Maths), whilst now being an English language teacher. On both levels, the answer to your question is YES. The original history of the term census is a Babylonian concept, kept alive by the Romans.
- Ramon I feel that your question is more a matter of statistics than English language, however, I have an English 'A' Level (exams sat at age 18) in Statistics (and another in Pure and Applied Maths), whilst now being an English language teacher.
- On both levels, the answer to your question is YES.
- The original history of the term census is a Babylonian concept, kept alive by the Romans.
- It strictly refers to wealth and taxation, though has come into modern use as a measure of an area or countrys population.
- The original census was only of adults eligible for taxation.
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Ramon
I feel that your question is more a matter of statistics than English language, however, I have an English 'A' Level (exams sat at age 18) in Statistics (and another in Pure and Applied Maths), whilst now being an English language teacher.
On both levels, the answer to your question is YES.
The original history of the term census is a Babylonian concept, kept aliv
I feel that your question is more a matter of statistics than English language, however, I have an English 'A' Level (exams sat at age 18) in Statistics (and another in Pure and Applied Maths), whilst now being an English language teacher.
On both levels, the answer to your question is YES.
The original history of the term census is a Babylonian concept, kept aliv
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[nq:1]My guess is that this topic has been discussed here already. Anyway... If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
If you consult a bunch of dictionaries (as you can through onelook.com), you'll discover that better usage would limit "census" to a count of an entire population, but the definitions are just slippery enough to
If you consult a bunch of dictionaries (as you can through onelook.com), you'll discover that better usage would limit "census" to a count of an entire population, but the definitions are just slippery enough to
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[nq:1]My guess is that this topic has been discussed here already. Anyway... If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
If you consult a bunch of dictionaries (as you can through onelook.com), you'll discover that better usage would limit "census" to a count of an entire population, but the definitions are just slippery enough to
If you consult a bunch of dictionaries (as you can through onelook.com), you'll discover that better usage would limit "census" to a count of an entire population, but the definitions are just slippery enough to
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Ramon Herrera:
[nq:1]If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
I say no.
Mark Brader, Toronto > "I wish to *** these calculations had been (Email Removed) > executed by steam!" Charles Babbage, 1821
[nq:1]If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
I say no.
Mark Brader, Toronto > "I wish to *** these calculations had been (Email Removed) > executed by steam!" Charles Babbage, 1821
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nq:1]My guess is that this topic has been discussed here already. Anyway... If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
If you consult a bunch of dictionaries (as you can through onelook.com), you'll discover that better usage would limit "census" to a count of an entire population, but the definitions are just slippery enough
If you consult a bunch of dictionaries (as you can through onelook.com), you'll discover that better usage would limit "census" to a count of an entire population, but the definitions are just slippery enough
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[nq:1]If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
But the common meaning of a census is a head-count of everyone in a population so we should need an example of what RFH means before knowing whether to call it a census, sample, survey, or whatever.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
But the common meaning of a census is a head-count of everyone in a population so we should need an example of what RFH means before knowing whether to call it a census, sample, survey, or whatever.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]nq:1)My guess is that this topic has been discussed here already. Anyway... If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive ... it to a count of everyone. If others use it otherwise but their meaning comes through, I don't "correct" them.[/nq]
Why are you using this annoying and ambiguous format?
John Varela
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Why are you using this annoying and ambiguous format?
John Varela
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[nq:1]Ramon Herrera:[/nq]
[nq:2]If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
[nq:1]I say no.[/nq]
Curiously, this led me to look into the duties of the Roman censors and there I encountered the term 'lustrum' for the second time today. The first occasion was in a review of Robert Harris' new book with that title about Cicer
[nq:2]If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
[nq:1]I say no.[/nq]
Curiously, this led me to look into the duties of the Roman censors and there I encountered the term 'lustrum' for the second time today. The first occasion was in a review of Robert Harris' new book with that title about Cicer
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[nq:1]s.com...[/nq]
[nq:2]If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
[nq:1]But the common meaning of a census is a head-count of everyone in a population so we should need an example of what RFH means before knowing whether to call it a census, sample, survey, or whatever.[/nq]
The last few censuses I've seen have include
[nq:2]If a census is implemented in a non-exhaustive fashion (using sampling methods), is it still a census?[/nq]
[nq:1]But the common meaning of a census is a head-count of everyone in a population so we should need an example of what RFH means before knowing whether to call it a census, sample, survey, or whatever.[/nq]
The last few censuses I've seen have include
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[nq:1]On 01 Nov 2009, Don Phillipson wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]s.com... But the common meaning of a census is a ... whether to call it a census, sample, survey, or whatever.[/nq]
[nq:1]The last few censuses I've seen have included a head-count (name/age/residence/number living at each address) as well as a sample ... distinction being made between the "general head-count" and the "detailed survey":
[nq:2]s.com... But the common meaning of a census is a ... whether to call it a census, sample, survey, or whatever.[/nq]
[nq:1]The last few censuses I've seen have included a head-count (name/age/residence/number living at each address) as well as a sample ... distinction being made between the "general head-count" and the "detailed survey":
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