The Annals of the AAPSS 631

The Federal Statistical System: Its Vulnerability Matters More Than You Think

Science Starts Not after Measurement, but with Measurement
Kenneth Prewitt

Social Science Data and the Shaping of National Policy
John P. Holdren

Federal Statistics: Understanding a Crucial Resource
Katherine K. Wallman

The Importance of Federal Statistics for Advancing Science and Identifying Policy Options
Ralph Cicerone

The Need to Get the Right Health Statistics and to Get the Health Statistics Right
Harvey Fineberg

In Engineering: Why It Is Critical to Have Quality Statistics and Scientifically Sound Statistical Analysis
Charles Vest

Federal Statistics in the Policy making Process
Peter R. Orszag

The Government Accountability Office and Congressional Uses of Federal Statistics
Nancy Kingsbury

Designing a New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts
Dale W. Jorgenson

The Federal Statistical System: The Local Government Perspective
Joseph J. Salvo and Arun Peter Lobo

Indicators and the Federal Statistical System: An Essential but Fraught Partnership
Norman M. Bradburn and Carolyn J.E. Fuqua

The Media as Consumers of Statistics
Paul Overberg

Immigration Statistics for the Twenty-First Century
Douglas S. Massey

Why American Families Need the Census
Stephanie Coontz

The Census and the Federal Statistical System: Historical Perspectives
Margo Anderson

The Structure and Activities of the U.S. Federal Statistical System: History and Recurrent Challenges
Robert M. Groves

The Role of the Federal Statistical System in Evidence-based Policymaking, or How to Make the Statistical System Essential
Michael J. O'Grady

The Federal Statistical System and the Four “I”s
Stephen E. Fienberg

Future of Innovation in the Federal Statistical System
Hermann Habermann

Why We Need One Statistical Agency
Janet L. Norwood

Principles and Practices for the Federal Statistical System: The View from the Committee on National Statistics
William F. Eddy, Constance F. Citro, and Daniel L. Cork

What Is Political Interference in Federal Statistics?
Kenneth Prewitt

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 2010: Volume 631