nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20181209-135948-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 181209s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20181209-135948-0 doi eng 342 23 Rose-Ackerman, Susan Author aut The Census in the USA and Germany: It’s all about sampling Rose-Ackerman, Susan Verfassungsblog 2018-12-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Germany disputes over the 2011 census have finally come to an end in the “census judgment” by the Bundesverfassungsgericht. In the United States of America, in turn, disputes over the 2020 Census questionnaire are currently before the federal courts that raise related issues of the accuracy of the count. In contrast to the German Grundgesetz, the U.S. constitution requires a census every ten years to determine representation in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College. Accurate population data are the underlying goal of the Constitution’s decennial census requirement. We argue that in the twenty-first century accuracy requires modern statistical techniques, including sampling and adequate pre-testing of questions. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Census Riemer, Lena Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-census-in-the-usa-and-germany-its-all-about-sampling/ raw object