Automation Overview 2006 Census Test

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Automation Overview -- 2006 Census Test

• Operations Control System (OCS)
• Local Census Office tool (office staff, LCO
  managers, Regional Office)
• Manage and track work
• All field data collection operations
• Assignment Management System (AMS)
• Field staff tool (Crew Leaders, Listers)
• Tracks work on Hand-Held Computer (HHC)
• Address Canvassing and Nonresponse Followup
• Instrument
• Short form only Census in 2010
• Nonresponse Followup short form questionnaire
• Conduct interviews with non-respondents using HHC

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OCS2006 Overview

• Computer Assisted Operations
• Address Canvassing, Nonresponse Followup
• Send and receive work to HHCs
• Paper Operations
• Group Quarters Validation, GQ Advance Visit,
  Service Based Enumeration, Group Quarters
  Enumeration
• Tracks paper listing sheets and questionnaires
• Productivity reports measure how well we are
  doing in an operation

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Address Canvassing

• OCS tracks work on Hand-Held Computers (HHCs)
• Address listing, map, Global Positioning System
  (GPS) data collected on HHC
• maps, assignments transmitted to listers
• completed work transmitted to HQ
• status data available to LCO
• Enumerator assignment information keyed daily in
  LCO
• reports update next day, reflect work performed

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Group Quarters Validation

• First conducted in 2004 Test
• Group Quarters Validation tracks paper
• OCS checks in questionnaires and prints
• listing sheets for address registers
• map pouch and binder labels
• blank listing sheets for adds
• Enumerator assignment information keyed daily in
  LCO
• reports update next day, reflect work performed

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GQ Advance Visit

• Group Quarters Advance Visit (AV) tracks paper
• OCS tracks GQ status and prints
• listing sheets and single page questionnaires
• map pouch, questionnaire, binder labels
• update address, contact name, phone, expected
  population
• add, delete GQs
• Enumerator assignment information keyed daily in
  LCO
• reports update next day, reflect work performed
• OCS training for AV includes training for
  enumerations (Group Quarters and Service Based)

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Service Based and Group Quarters Enumeration

• Workloads from Advance Visit results
• Service Based Enumeration (SBE) and Group
  Quarters Enumeration (GQE) track paper
• OCS tracks GQ status and prints
• assignment control sheets
• questionnaire labels
• check in control sheet and questionnaires
• Enumerator assignment information keyed daily in
  LCO
• reports update next day, reflect work performed
• OCS training for SBE and GQE conducted during
  Advance Visit training

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Update Enumerate

• Update Enumerate (UE) tracks paper
• Questionnaire and address updates collected on
  paper
• OCS checks in questionnaires and prints
• listing sheets for address registers
• map pouch and binder labels
• Enumerator assignment information keyed daily in
  LCO
• reports update next day, reflect work performed

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Nonresponse Followup

• Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) tracks work on HHCs
• Questionnaire data collected on HHC, transmitted
  to HQ, status data available to LCO
• Crew Leader functionality
• accessed via password
• enumerator work assigned, reassigned, reviewed,
  accepted on HHC
• electronic progress reports transmitted to
  manage/monitor crew

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Nonresponse Followup Reinterview

• Separate Reinterview (Quality Control) operation
• Similar applications as NRFU
• Matching Review and Coding System (MaRCS) resides
  on desktop computers in LCO
• MaRCS
• match NRFU and reinterview data
• trouble reports identifying outliers (data falls
  outside acceptable range)
• select sample cases for OCS

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