Can the Census Be Gerrymandered?

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TitleCan the Census Be Gerrymandered?
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PIDvideo:1544
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ConferenceAmerican Philosophical Society Annual Meeting (2018)
speakerPrewitt, Kenneth
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
AbstractPrewitt explains how the census can be politicized. Public money funds the program, but the government cannot dictate how that science is conducted. This talk was later re-visted in the APS Great Talks blogpost and as virtual public programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NotePodcast: https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/great-talks-american-philosophical-society/good-numbers-make-good-democracy;Prewitt was also interviewed by Patrick Spero during the COVID-19 pandemic on the effect of the virus on the 2020 Census
LanguageEnglish (eng)
Subject (lcsh) Census, United States
Subject (lcsh) Demographic surveys, United Sates
Subject (lcsh) Gerrymandering, United States.
Subject (local) APS Meeting Videos
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TypeMovingImage
GenreLecture
Formatvideorecording
Digital Originborn digitial
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Date Issued2018-11-08
PublisherAmerican Philosophical Society
PlacePhiladelphia, PA
PlaceUSA
PARENT COLLECTION
TitleAmerican Philosophical Society Archives. Series X.
Call NumberAPS.Archives
URLhttp://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
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