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Definition of Overcounts
1. overcount [v] - See also: overcount
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcounts
Literary usage of Overcounts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bicentennial Census: New Directions for Methodology in 1990 by Constance F. Citro, Michael L. Cohen (1985)
"... non- black women experienced small net overcounts in almost every age ...
Black men and women ages 65-74 also showed net overcounts. ..."
2. Reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1904-1912: Report of the by Dept. of Commerce and Labor, United States (1912)
"In some cases these overcounts were due less to deliberate fraud than to errors
... The cities in which overcounts were found were as follows: Fort Smith, ..."
3. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by T. P. Speed, Darlene Renee Goldstein (2003)
"overcounts and undercounts are measures of difficulty in data collection.
Intuition and data analysis suggest the following two criteria for proxies. ..."
4. First Annual Report of the Secretary, 1903 by Dept. of Commerce and Labor, United States (1903)
"In some cases these overcounts were due less to deliberate fraud than to errors
... The cities in which overcounts were found were as follows: Fort Smith, ..."
5. 2000 Census: Progress Made on Design, But Risks Remain by James H. Burow (1998)
"The simulations assume that the percentage undercounts (and overcounts) measured
for each group in the 1990 Post Enumeration Survey also would apply in ..."
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