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    Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place: Residence Rules in the Decennial Census

    Panel on Residence Rules in the Decennial Census,National Research Council

    The usefulness of US decennial census depends critically on the accuracy with which individual people are counted in specific housing units, at precise geographic locations. This book reviews the evolution…

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    Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology: Building a Bridge Between Disciplines

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

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    Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research

    Panel on Institutional Review Boards, Surveys, and Social Science Research,National Research Council

    Examines three key issues related to human participation in social, behavioral, and economic sciences research. This report is suitable for policy makers, research administrators, research sponsors, IRB members, and investigators.

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    The Behavioral and Social Sciences: Achievements and Opportunities

    Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,National Research Council,Dean R. Gerstein

    Explores the scientific frontiers and leading edges of research across the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, history, business, education, geography, law, and psychiatry, as well as specialized…

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    Creating an Integrated System of Data and Statistics on Household Income, Consumption, and Wealth

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics

    Many federal agencies provide data and statistics on inequality and related aspects of household income, consumption, and wealth (ICW). However, because the information provided by these agencies is often produced…

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    Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey: Interim Report

    Panel on Statistical Methods for Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey,National Research Council

    Advance copy, not for public release before Monday, December 27, 2010.

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    Small Populations, Large Effects: Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey

    Panel on Statistical Methods for Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    In the early 1990s, the Census Bureau proposed a program of continuous measurement as a possible alternative to the gathering of detailed social, economic, and housing data from a sample…

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    Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource

    Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Specifies appropriate criteria for assessing the value, significance, and social utility of basic research in the social sciences. This book identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences…

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    Behavioral and Social Science: 50 Years of Discovery

    Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    In 1933, President Herbert Hoover commissioned the Ogburn Report, a comprehensive study of social trends in the US. Containing chapters related to the developments detailed in the Ogburn Report to…

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    Population and Land Use in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop

    Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral & Social Sciences & Education

    Summarizes research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. This book also includes case studies of African, Asian, and…

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    Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population

    In September 2023, the Committee on Population at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop, Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low-…

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    Immigration Statistics: A Story of Neglect

    Panel on Immigration Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    Examines the needs for and availability of statistics concerning immigrants and immigration. This book concentrates on the needs for statistics on immigrants, refugees, illegal aliens for policy and program purposes…

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    Myopia: Prevalence and Progression

    Committee on Vision,National Research Council

    Considers the issues surrounding the occurrence, progression, and predictability of myopia, with emphasis on the 16- to 26-year-old population. This book presents the research in this area, analyzing the findings…

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    Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure

    Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,R. Hanson

    Exposes the myths surrounding infrastructure crisis in urban public works. This work examines the evolution of the public works system, the limitations of urban needs studies, the financing of public…

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    Toward a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure: Managing Privacy and Confidentiality Risks with Blended Data

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on Approaches to Sharing Blended Data in a 21st Century Data Infrastructure

    Protecting privacy and ensuring confidentiality in data is a critical component of modernizing our national data infrastructure. The use of blended data - combining previously collected data sources - presents…

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    A Roadmap for Disclosure Avoidance in the Survey of Income and Program Participation

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel to Create a Roadmap for Disclosure Avoidance in the Survey of Income and Program Participation

    The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is one of the U.S. Census Bureau's major surveys with features making it a uniquely valuable resource for researchers and policy analysts…

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    The American Community Survey: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The American Community Survey (ACS), to be run by the Census Bureau, will be a large (250,000 housing units a month), predominantly mailout/mailback survey that will collect information similar to…

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    The Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries

    Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    The Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries was held in Washington, DC in January 1998. The 14 papers presented are summarized in chapters on diffusion…

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    Advances in Photoreception: Proceedings of a Symposium on Frontiers of Visual Science

    Committee on Vision,National Research Council

    Containing papers presented at a symposium, this title describes techniques for assessing the structure and function of photoreception, both in isolation and in aggregation as the receptor mosaic of the…

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    Terrorism: Perspectives from the Behavioral and Social Sciences

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Social and Economic Studies,Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism,Panel on Behavioral, Social, and Institutional Issues

    The events and aftermath of September 11, 2001, profoundly changed the course of history of the nation. They also brought the phenomenon known as terrorism to the forefront of the…

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    Urban Change and Poverty

    Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    A review of issues confronting cities and individuals, this work examines the policy implications of the problems that affect the future of urban America. It covers such topics as the…

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    Statistics on U.S. Immigration: An Assessment of Data Needs for Future Research

    Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Population,National Research Council

    Presenting an examination of the adequacy of US immigration data, this volume summarizes data needs in four areas: immigration trends, assimilation and impacts, labor force issues, and family and social…

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    Community-Driven Relocation

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Managed Retreat in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region

    Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. The variety and frequency of storms have…

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    Rapid Population Change in China, 1952-1982

    Committee on Population and Demography,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    Summarizes the changes in fertility, nuptiality, and mortality that have occurred in the People’s Republic of China from the early 1950s to 1982. The data in this report is based…

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    Equity in K-12 STEM Education

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Science Education, Committee on Equity in PreK-12 STEM Education

    Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) live in the American imagination as promising tools for solving pressing global challenges and enhancing quality of life. Despite the importance of the STEM…

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    The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy

    Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

    Examines social, economic, and demographic changes among the aged, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and…

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    Reducing Intergenerational Poverty

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty

    Experiencing poverty during childhood can lead to lasting harmful effects that compromise not only children's health and welfare but can also hinder future opportunities for economic mobility, which may be…

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    Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty: Interim Report 2, Evaluation of Revised 1993 County Estimates for Title I Allocations

    Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas was established by the Committee on National Statistics at the National Research Council in response to the Improving America’s Schools…

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    Aging in Place with Dementia

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Committee on Population

    Although much research has been conducted on community-level factors related to the risk of dementia in general, less is known about the factors that affect the ability of older adults…

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    Inner-City Poverty in the United States

    Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Laurence E. Lynn

    Documents the growth of concentrated poverty in central cities of the United States and examines what is known about its causes and effects. This volume is useful for policymakers, program…

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    Innovations in Software Engineering for Defense Systems

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

    Recent rough estimates are that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends at least $38 billion a year on the research, development, testing, and evaluation of new defense systems; approximately…

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    Rethinking Urban Policy: Urban Development in an Advanced Economy

    Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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    Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences

    Committee on Behavioral and Social Science Research to Improve Intelligence Analysis for National Security,National Research Council

    The intelligence community (IC) plays an essential role in the national security of the United States. Decision makers rely on IC analyses and predictions to reduce uncertainty and to provide…

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    Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection

    For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline in survey response can be observed…

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    Emergent Techniques for Assessment of Visual Performance

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,National Academy of Sciences

    Recent vision research has led to the emergence of new techniques that offer exciting potential for a more complete assessment of vision in clinical, industrial, and military settings. Emergent Techniques…

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    Risk and Decision Making: Perspectives and Research

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Risk and Decision Making

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    Women, Work, and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis

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    Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences

    Examines how to update human subjects protections regulations so that they effectively respond to current research contexts and methods. This book addresses the dramatic alterations in the research landscapes that…

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    Data Priorities for Population and Health in Developing Countries: Summary of a Workshop

    Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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    Procedures for Testing Color Vision: Report of Working Group 41

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,National Academy of Sciences

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    Work, Jobs, and Occupations: A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles

    National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis

    Various editions of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles have served as the Employment Service’s basic tool for matching workers and jobs. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles has also played an…

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    Local Fiscal Effects of Illegal Immigration: Report of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    The recent level of illegal immigration to the United States has increased debates about the effect of these immigrants on the cost of public services, and states have begun to…

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    Soviet-American Dialogue in the Social Sciences: Research Workshops on Interdependence Among Nations

    Committee on Contributions of Behavioral and Social Science to the Prevention of Nuclear War,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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    Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World

    Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines how changes in reproductive patterns have affected the health of women and children in the developing world. This book looks at the relationships between contraceptive use, reproductive patterns, and…

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    Urban Policy in a Changing Federal System: Proceedings of a Symposium

    Committee on National Urban Policy,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    In an atmosphere of changing priorities and power bases, the Committee on National Urban Policy convened a symposium to address this division. The symposium examined the New Federalism as it…

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    Reports of the Committee on Vision: 1947-1990

    Committee on Vision,National Research Council,Joanne Albanes,National Academy of Sciences

    Presents a summary of reports issued since 1947 under the aegis of the National Research Council’s Committee on Vision. This title deals with research efforts in such classic areas of…

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    Improving Access to and Confidentiality of Research Data: Report of a Workshop

    Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Summarizes a workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to promote discussion about methods for advancing the often conflicting goals of exploiting the research potential of microdata and…

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    Volunteers in Public Schools

    Committee on the Use of Volunteers in Schools,National Research Council,Bernard Michael

    Offers an overview of volunteer activity in US public schools - reporting on how volunteers are being used in schools, what factors make programs successful, what research will enhance our…

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