Working Papers
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U.S. Census Bureau "Working Papers" have not undergone the review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications. These working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics.
Selected Recent Working Papers
- Coaxum, Debra and Rachelle Reeder. "The Government Master Address File and Government Units Survey: What We Have Learned and Implemented." [PDF 892 KB] Censuses and Surveys of Governments: A Workshop on the Research and Methodology Behind the Estimates, March 2012.
- Findley, David F. "Uncorrelatedness and Other Correlation Options for Differenced Seasonal Decomposition Components of ARIMA Model Decompositions." [PDF 214 KB] Center for Statistical Research & Methodology, Research and Methodology Directorate Research Report Series (Statistics #2012-06).
- Kerr, William R. and Scott Duke Kominers. "Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes." [PDF 2.2 MB] Center for Economic Studies Discussion Paper, CES-WP-12-09.
- Matthews, Brenna, Mary C. Davis, Jennifer G. Tancreto, Mary Frances Zelenak, and Michelle Ruiter. "2011 American Community Survey Internet Tests: Results from Second Test in November 2011." [PDF 1.3 MB] American Community Survey Research and Evaluation Memorandum Series #ACS12-RER-21-R1; DSSD 2012 American Community Survey Memorandum Series #ACS12-MP-03-R1.
- Renwick, Trudi, Kathleen Short, Ale Bishaw, and Charles Hokayem. "Using the American Community Survey (ACS) to Implement a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)." [PDF 1.1 MB] Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Paper Series, Number 2012-10.
Active Working Paper Series
- 2010 Census Program for Evaluations and Experiments
- American Community Survey Papers and Presentations
- Center for Economic Studies Discussion Papers
- Federal, State, and Local Government Technical Papers
- Population Division Working Papers
- Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers
- Statistical Methods and Survey Methodology Research Reports
- Survey of Income and Program Participation Working Papers
Inactive Working Paper Series
- Census 2000 Operations
- Electronic Commerce (E-Stats) Research Papers
- International Staff Papers (Series SP)
- Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, 2000-2007
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Papers, Memoranda, and Speeches
- North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Discussion Papers
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