{"id":494124,"date":"2022-09-19T00:29:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T21:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/some-census-takers-who-fudged-data-didnt-get-fired\/"},"modified":"2022-09-19T00:29:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T21:29:32","slug":"some-census-takers-who-fudged-data-didnt-get-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/some-census-takers-who-fudged-data-didnt-get-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"#Some census takers who fudged data didn&#8217;t get fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f23f598329\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f23f598329\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/some-census-takers-who-fudged-data-didnt-get-fired\/#%E2%80%9CSome_census_takers_who_fudged_data_didnt_get_fired%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Some census takers who fudged data didn&#8217;t get fired&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSome_census_takers_who_fudged_data_didnt_get_fired%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Some census takers who fudged data didn&#8217;t get fired&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 count didn\u2019t have their work redone fully, weren\u2019t fired in a timely manner and in some cases even received bonuses, according to the US Commerce Department\u2019s watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p>The findings released Friday by the Office of Inspector <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> raise concerns about possible damage to the quality of the once-a-decade head count that determines political power and federal funding,<\/p>\n<p>Off-campus students at colleges and universities were likely undercounted since the census started around the same time students were sent home to stop the spread of COVID-19 in March 2020, the review found.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 census, The Associated Press\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-massachusetts-census-2020-98d187302fbcec5e422fa43522d51dfe\">documented cases<\/a>\u00a0of census takers who were pressured by their supervisors to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the census.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisors were able to track their census takers\u2019 work in real time through mobile devices that the census takers used to record information about households\u2019 numbers, demographic characteristics and members\u2019 relationships to one another. As a result, supervisors would get alerts when actions raised red flags about accuracy, such as a census taker recording data on a home while far away from the address or a census taker conducting an interview in just a few minutes. As a quality control check, others census takers were sent back to homes to re-interview residents.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/census_takers_fudged_data_2-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"In some cases the 2020 census takers who falsified information reportedly received bonuses.\" class=\"wp-image-23910391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/census_takers_fudged_data_2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/census_takers_fudged_data_2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/census_takers_fudged_data_2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>In some cases the 2020 census takers who falsified information reportedly received bonuses.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Pat Greenhouse\/The Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Inspector General\u2019s probe concluded that some alerts weren\u2019t being properly resolved, some re-interviews weren\u2019t properly conducted and that the work of some census takers whose work had been flagged for falsifying data had not been reworked to fix its accuracy. In fact, some census takers whose work was flagged for falsifications were given more cases, weren\u2019t fired and were reassigned to other operations, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 1,400 census takers who were designated \u201chard fails\u201d because questions about the accuracy of their work, only 300 were fired for misconduct or unsatisfactory performance. Of the 1,400 \u201chard fail\u201d census takers, 1,300 of them received bonuses ranging from $50 to $1,600 each, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The census is the largest nonmilitary mobilization in the US Data gathered during the census determines how many\u00a0congressional seats\u00a0each state gets. The numbers also are used for redrawing political districts and distributing $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. Because of that, undercounts can cost communities funding.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 census faced unprecedented challenges including the pandemic, natural disasters and\u00a0political interference\u00a0from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the Inspector General\u2019s report, the Census Bureau said it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciated the concerns that were raised but disagreed with the conclusions that data quality may have been damaged since the report cited only a small number of cases out of the overall workload.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, we asserted that the findings could not and should not be presented as a conclusive assessment of overall census quality,\u201d Census Bureau Director Robert Santos said in the written response.<\/p>\n<p>Under Census Bureau rules, college and university students\u00a0should have been counted\u00a0where they spent the most time, either at on-campus housing or off-campus apartments, even if they were sent home because of the pandemic. Most schools didn\u2019t provide the Census Bureau with off-campus student data, and the bureau had to use a last-resort, less-accurate statistical tool to fill in the information gaps on more than 10% of the off-campus student population when they were given the information, the Inspector General\u2019s report said.<\/p>\n<p>Schools often didn\u2019t provide the data because they didn\u2019t information on off-campus students or because of privacy concerns. The Inspector General recommends passage of legislation that would require schools to provide needed information in future head counts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough difficult to quantify, the fiscal implication of specifically undercounting off-campus students at the correct location for states and localities is potentially far-reaching,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Boston, which is home to Northeastern University, Boston University and several other schools, said in\u00a0a challenge to its census figures\u00a0that the count missed 6,000 students.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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