censusing
Officially counting heads
Censusing is the activity of conducting a census—systematically counting and gathering information about a population.
The term applies to surveys of people, wildlife, or other subjects: We spent the summer censusing bald eagle nests along the river.
Though census as a verb is well-established, censusing remains relatively uncommon, often replaced by phrases like "taking a census" or "conducting a count."
Sequential listing of items
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- tallyingSumming items systematically
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
door-to-door · canvassing · questionnaire · interviews · enumerator · responses · households · residents
All inhabitants combined
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- mortalityState of eventual death
- migrationMovement to new territory
ethnicity · urbanization · household · socioeconomic · citizenship
Facts for analysis
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- distributionAllocation across recipients
trend · correlation · aggregation · tabulation · percentile · variance · disaggregation · weighting
enumeration
Sequential listing of items
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- tallyingSumming items systematically
fieldwork · door-to-door · canvassing · questionnaire · interviews · enumerator · responses · households · residents · occupancy
population
All inhabitants combined
- birthrateNewborns per capita measure
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- mortalityState of eventual death
migration · ethnicity · urbanization · household · socioeconomic · citizenship
data
Facts for analysis
- quantitativeConcerning measurable amounts
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- frequencyRate of recurrence
distribution · trend · correlation · aggregation · tabulation · percentile · variance · disaggregation · weighting · estimation
censusingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
overlooking · neglecting · undercounting · omitting · excluding
censusingsampling
Extracting subset for study
surveying · polling · random sampling · spot-checking · estimating
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