The Development of the American Census Office since 1890
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4290145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter F Willcox (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1914 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 438-459 |
| Publication date | 1914-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2141461 |
| OpenAlex | W2335662102 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
TN i888 Francis Walker published what was probably the most important of his many articles on the census.' He had been superintendent of the two preceding enumerations and was then, as he had been for several years, president both of the American Statistical Association and of the American Economic Association. He was at the zenith of his influence, the most distinguished statist and economist in the United States. Of the many articles which he wrote on the census, the others dealt mainly with the elucidation of the figures. But in this he drew upon his long experience and ripened judgment for suggestions regarding the future development of census work in the United States and thus prepared what is probably the most important contribution to the progress of American census practice. More than a quarter of a century has passed since his article was published. Much of what he prophesied is now history. It will be profitable to read the verdict of these twenty-five years upon his suggestions. He urged several improvements upon the practice he had known and in large part created. The first was the omission of the hand trades or neighborhood industries from the census of manufactures. This was secured in I905 and continued without protest in I9I0. It is probably now settled proceduire. A second suggestion advocated the postponement of all the minor inquiries, not demanding the co'operation of the army of enumerators as field agents, until after the census proper was finished and out of the way. This plan was adopted in I900 and continued in 19I0. In this direction, however, Walker went further than the government has yet gone. He believed
Census · Geography · Political science · Population · Regional science · Sociology · Census and Population Estimation · Demography · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1926 - 2025 (100) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |