author: panel on research on future census methods

... acronym “MCD”—to describe the small computers planned for 2010 field data collection. However, the choice of MCD as a label is confusing given the acronym's long-standing meaning to data users accustomed to census geography. In that ...

... acronym MCD—to describe the small computers planned for 2010 field data collection. However, the choice of MCD as a label is unfortunate because the acronym conflicts with that for “minor civil division,” a longstanding concept of ...