Difference between revisions of "Robert M. Groves"
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"This is an incredibly troubling selection that contradicts the administration’s assurances that the census process would not be used to advance an ulterior political agenda," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97AG7201&show_article=1&catnum=0</ref> | "This is an incredibly troubling selection that contradicts the administration’s assurances that the census process would not be used to advance an ulterior political agenda," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97AG7201&show_article=1&catnum=0</ref> | ||
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| + | According to Hope Yen, "When he was the bureau's associate director, Groves recommended that the 1990 census be statistically adjusted to make up for an undercount of roughly 5 million people, many of them minorities in dense urban areas who tend to vote for Democrats. " <ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97AG7201&show_article=1&catnum=0</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:48, May 20, 2009
Robert M. Groves is a liberal professor from the University of Michigan. President Obama has chosen him to direct Census 2010.
Groves was previously involved with the census bureau from 1990 to 1992, where he was associate director of statistical design. Favoring the use of sampling in the census, Groves direction of the census may be unconstitutional under the Actual Enumeration requirement of Article I.
"This is an incredibly troubling selection that contradicts the administration’s assurances that the census process would not be used to advance an ulterior political agenda," said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.[1]
According to Hope Yen, "When he was the bureau's associate director, Groves recommended that the 1990 census be statistically adjusted to make up for an undercount of roughly 5 million people, many of them minorities in dense urban areas who tend to vote for Democrats. " [2]