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Science 1 February 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5556, p. 783
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5556.783a
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U.S. SUPREME COURT:
Census Case Tests Statistical Method

Charles Seife

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are hiking up their robes in preparation for another march through the political swamp of reapportionment. But more than a congressional seat may be at stake. In agreeing last week to hear a case (Utah v. Evans) stemming from the 2000 census, the high court will also be examining the legality of a time-honored statistical method for filling in the blanks.

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