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Rebecca Andridge

@randridge.bsky.social

Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at THE Ohio State University College of Public Health. Lover of cats. Views are my own.

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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

NEW: The Trump administration is banning one of the Census Bureau's main ways of protecting the confidentiality of people's responses to the #2030Census and other surveys — added statistical "noise," or data for fuzzing survey results www.commerce.gov/opog/disclos...

.02 The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis shall adhere to the following order of priority when considering and applying Disclosure Avoidance:

a. Coarsening shall be the preferred category of Disclosure Avoidance methods for all statistical products.

b. Suppression shall be permitted as a last resort, only to be used when coarsening is prohibited by law or would substantially defeat the accuracy or usability of a statistical product.

c. Noise infusion shall not be used for any statistical product.

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American Association for Public Opinion Research @aapor.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

AAPOR Statement on the Removal of BLS Commissioner McEntarfer aapor.org/statements/a...

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AAPOR Statement on the Removal of BLS Commissioner McEntarfer - AAPOR

On behalf of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), we write to express deep concern regarding the removal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Erika McE...

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Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology @jssam.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

The Journal of Survey #Statistics and Methodology is now on Bluesky! JSSAM publishes cutting-edge scholarly articles on statistical & methodological issues for sample surveys, censuses, admin record systems, & other related data, and is cosponsored by #AAPOR & the American Statistical Association.

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