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Discuss the challenges involved in collecting data through census method.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Research Methods and Analysis

A census is the complete enumeration of every unit in a defined population, as against a sample survey, which studies only a representative subset and infers to the whole.

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  • Scale, Cost, and Logistical Burden
  • The Instrument Problem: Schedule, Not Questionnaire
  • Non-Sampling Error That Does Not Shrink with Scale
  • Definitional and Categorisation Challenges
  • Privacy and the Politically Sensitive Nature of Categories
  • The Lag Between Collection and Usable Release

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