Difference between revisions of "Robert M. Groves"
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"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> Thankfully, this "political tampering" was overruled by Republican Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher. | "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> Thankfully, this "political tampering" was overruled by Republican Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher. | ||
| − | Since Groves last served in the census bureau, ''Doc v. United States House of Representatives'', 525 U.S. 316 (1999) ruled that sampling cannot be used in redistricting during a census. Although Groves | + | Since Groves last served in the census bureau, ''Doc v. United States House of Representatives'', 525 U.S. 316 (1999) ruled that sampling cannot be used in redistricting during a census. Although Groves states he will not use sampling, it is likely he will attempt to use other tricks in 2010. For example, hot-deck imputation is an unregulated technique with power to significantly change results, depending on how it is applied. |
"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> | ||
Revision as of 14:40, May 21, 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.
"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. " [1] Thankfully, this "political tampering" was overruled by Republican Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher.
Since Groves last served in the census bureau, Doc v. United States House of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316 (1999) ruled that sampling cannot be used in redistricting during a census. Although Groves states he will not use sampling, it is likely he will attempt to use other tricks in 2010. For example, hot-deck imputation is an unregulated technique with power to significantly change results, depending on how it is applied.
"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.[2]
Hope Yen says, "Census experts have said it would be difficult at this point to make plans for sampling in the 2010 census for congressional redistricting purposes since it is only a year away. It is more likely that Groves could have an impact on statistical adjustment and other decisions as part of long-term planning for census surveys after 2010." [3]