Re: 2020 census

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/science-magazines/should-statistical-sampling-be-used-united-states-census

    The debate over the use of statistical sampling is ironic in that the
    arguments against the use of statistical sampling ignore the
    increasing trend of accuracy associated with statistical sampling. The
    current Census Act was enacted in 1954, and within three years,
    Congress amended the act to allow limited use of statistical sampling
    except for the "determination of population for apportionment." In
    1964, Congress again revised the Census Act to allow data collection
    via questionnaire in place of a personal visit by a census-taker as
    long as the questionnaire was delivered and returned via the United
    States Postal service. The use of statistical sampling was further
    expanded by a 1976 revision to the Census Act that allowed the
    gathering of population and census data -- but that did not
    specifically authorize its use for issues pertaining to apportionment.
    Upon this oversight to specifically allow statistical sampling to
    compile data used for apportionment, constitutional literalists and
    the majority of the Supreme Court rested their arguments against the
    broad use of statistical sampling.

Interesting.  Yet, stupid.