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Hi, HQ is hiring computer scientists, data scientists, mathematicians, and other high GS staff. This is a good thing as we are adapting to trends and technology. I love technology. However, it’s the questions we ask AI that determines the data. This I can usually find issues with.

Starts with Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316 (1999)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/525/316/
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/536/452/

Ends with JUSTICE BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court. The question before us is whether the Census Bureau’s use in the year 2000 census of a methodology called “hot-deck imputation” either (1) violates a statutory provision forbidding use of “the statistical method known as ‘sampling’” or (2) is inconsistent with the Constitution’s statement that an “actual Enumeration” be made. 13 U. s. C. § 195; U. s. Const., Art. I, § 2, cl. 3. We conclude that use of “hot-deck imputation” violates neither the statute nor the Constitution.

These are for the Decennial. It’s already being used on other surveys.

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