On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, John E.S. Driver wrote: > ** Reply to message from John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> on Mon, > 30 Nov 1998 08:54:17 -0800 (PST) > > John, > > Don't know how much detail your recent censuses have gone into, but > with us the trend has been to ever longer forms and more detailed > information on a widening range of topics. This seems to have turned > out rather counterproductive. In a word, the more questions you ask, > the poorer the quality of the resulting information. > > John, in > Lewisham, Greater London, England Granted, some of the info collected has nothing to do with who those people counted are or how many representatives we need. However, now they are saying they don't want to see or count the people, that a better way is to estimate how many live in a house based on what they saw in another house of the same size. The "estimates" will not include ANY personal information or names. How will we be able to know "who" those people were that were "estimated" ? John You wanna discuss it? Try: INDIAN-HERITAGE discussion list *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* # John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> Seattle, WA # # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*