Statistics 36-149: "Freshman Seminar: Taking the U.S. Census in 2010"  

Class Schedule Spring, 2010

Instructor: Stephen E. Fienberg

• January 12: Introduction to Class and to Census 2010. First look at Census 2010 form.

• January 14: Discussion of the census of 1790. Readings from Anderson (to be distributed) and a report available at   http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/ fienberg/DonnerReports/FirstCensus.pdf

• January 19: Visit from officials from the Pittsburgh office of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

• January 21: Introduction to privacy and confidentiality of census data.

• January 6: Census 1940 and the internment of Japanese Americans. See paper available at https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/margo/www/govstat/Seltzer-AndersonPAA2007paper3-12-2007.doc

• January 28:

• February 2:

• February 4: Accessing census data via American Factfinder:            http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html? lang=en

• February 9: Tentative Guest Lecturer: Barbara Bryant (University of Michigan and Director of the U.S. Census Bureau for 1990 decennial census).

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• February 25:

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• March 9: No class (Spring Break)
  

• March 11: No class (Spring Break)

• March 16:
  

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• March 30:

• April 1: Census Day!
  

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• April 22: Guest Lecturer: Kenneth Prewitt (Columbia University and Director of U.S. Census
  Bureau during 2000 decennial census).

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• April 29:  Last day of classes