@article{ref1,
title="What Is Political Interference in Federal Statistics?",
journal="Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science",
year="2010",
author="Prewitt, K.",
volume="631",
number="1",
pages="225-238",
abstract="Federal statistical agencies are funded and supervised by elected and appointed politicians. What counts as political interference is not self-evident. This article offers a working definition of interference, emphasizing the importance of an agency offering its best judgment regarding accurate measurement of a given phenomenon, its ability to apply state-of-the-art science in that measurement, and its protection from pre-clearance of the resulting statistical product. Interference is indicated by efforts to shape statistical products to achieve political advantage. Statistical adjustment to correct the differential under-count in the decennial census is used to illustrate political interference.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-7162",
doi="10.1177/0002716210373737",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716210373737"
}