Rose-Ackerman, Susan Author aut Riemer, Lena Author aut Text xx# 2018 Verfassungsblog 2018-12-09 eng

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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 Rose-Ackerman, Susan Census 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-census-in-the-usa-and-germany-its-all-about-sampling/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20181209-135948-0 181209 10.17176/20181209-135948-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)