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Census workers blow the whistle (zz) (转载)

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N*n2010-05-29 07:05

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【以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区】
发信人: NeverLearn (24K Golden Bear), 信区: USANews
标题: Census workers blow the whistle (zz)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 28 12:28:11 2010, 美东)
You know the old saying: "Everyone loves a charade." Well, it seems that the
Census Bureau may be playing games.
Last week, one of the millions of workers hired by Census 2010 to parade
around the country counting Americans blew the whistle on some statistical
tricks.
The worker, Naomi Cohn, told The Post that she was hired and fired a nu

g*u2010-05-29 07:05

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Is this a joke or something?

N*n2010-05-29 07:05

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Should they report it the honest 1930's way, the unemployment # is above
20% already. There is no recovery, period.

【在 g*****u 的大作中提到】

: Is this a joke or something?

j*h2010-05-29 07:05

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LOL
understandable but not creative enough

the

【在 N********n 的大作中提到】

:
: Should they report it the honest 1930's way, the unemployment # is above
: 20% already. There is no recovery, period.

y*a2010-05-29 07:05

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that is creative,

the
number

【在 N********n 的大作中提到】

: 【以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区】
: 发信人: NeverLearn (24K Golden Bear), 信区: USANews
: 标题: Census workers blow the whistle (zz)
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 28 12:28:11 2010, 美东)
: You know the old saying: "Everyone loves a charade." Well, it seems that the
: Census Bureau may be playing games.
: Last week, one of the millions of workers hired by Census 2010 to parade
: around the country counting Americans blew the whistle on some statistical
: tricks.
: The worker, Naomi Cohn, told The Post that she was hired and fired a nu

s*e2010-05-29 07:05

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the unemployment data is not calculated by getting data from employers as
indicated by the article. It is collected by surveys to normal family.
Thus, given the tiny portion of people hired by Census, the probably they
are surveyed are very small, thus the trick, if exist, will barely effect
the data

N*n2010-05-29 07:05

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Government has a birth-death model to estimate the employment #s. They
can run up the # however they want w/o giving any convincing explanation.

【在 s*******e 的大作中提到】

: the unemployment data is not calculated by getting data from employers as
: indicated by the article. It is collected by surveys to normal family.
: Thus, given the tiny portion of people hired by Census, the probably they
: are surveyed are very small, thus the trick, if exist, will barely effect
: the data