The Committee on Population Statistics (COPS) of PAA responded to the notice in the 23 October 2024 Federal Register requesting comments on the American Community Survey (ACS) Methods Panel tests.
PAA-COPS supports the plan and the proposed timeline described by the Census Bureau in the Federal Register notice for undertaking the ACS Methods Panel tests. The various elements of the plan are important, and a further valuable feature of the methods panel is its role as a testbed for the 2030 decennial census. Especially timely and useful will be tests using the methods panel of changes in measurement of disability and implementation of Statistical Policy Directive 15 on collecting federal data on race and ethnicity.
See link below for full comments.