( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “many more people.” Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. [CutID: <Cuts> DATA-GATHERING-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 29s Title: DATA-GATHERING-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: many more people] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. —————————– VERBATIM: They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate […]
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Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering
( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “many more people.”
Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S.
[CutID: <Cuts> DATA-GATHERING-house-q-WEDam.mp3
Time: 29s
Title: DATA-GATHERING-house-q-WEDam
Out-cue: many more people]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves. A report from the American Statistical Association also warns that the agencies lack protections against political interference. Advocates are concerned about a bill on Capitol Hill which they say would limit how many times a respondent can be contacted by federal agencies, and would therefore miss many more people.