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Description:
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that generates estimates on social, economic, housing, and demographic topics. Data users can access these estimates down to our smallest level of geography, block groups, using American FactFinder or the ACS Summary File. This webinar will cover background information about the ACS, an explanation of the ACS Summary File, and a demonstration of accessing block group data using American FactFinder, the Summary File Retrieval Tool, DataFerrett, and FTP site.
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2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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The American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files show untabulated population and housing unit records with individual response information. For example, they show how respondents answered questions on educational attainment, occupation, place of work, housing value, and so forth. In this webinar, we will discuss foundational aspects of working with the ACS PUMS files, including the organization of the files, the confidentiality of the files, accessing the data, geographic availability, and the PUMS documentation.
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2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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There is history embedded within the geographic areas used to tabulate and present Census Bureau data. The various types of geographic areas reflect the ways in which Americans have organized their landscapes for governmental and administrative purposes as well as the ways in they have perceived and described settlement. In this seminar, Michael Ratcliffe discusses the historical basis for many of the Census Bureau's geographic areas as well as how census geographic areas have changed over time in response to changes to data user expectations, technology, and theoretical approaches to understanding and describing settlement patterns.
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2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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Learn how to use the Census Bureau's web-based mapping tool TIGERweb to research and view data for congressional districts, census tracts, cities, and other geography maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau. Users will be shown how to control the map's content, display geographic relationships, and use other functionality for queries and research.
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2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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Margins of error (MOE) are provided for every American Community Survey (ACS) estimate. This webinar will explain MOEs and why they are important. The webinar also will cover how to use MOEs for statistical testing, how to approximate the MOE for an estimate, and how to locate online resources for further information.
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2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Description:
Demonstrate how to join ACS data with a layer of geography by downloading a geodatabase file, opening the file in ArcMap, and joining the ACS data table to a feature class. Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Time: 2:00-3:00 PM (ET)
Time:
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Description:
The Census Bureau Application Programming Interface (API) lets developers customize Census Bureau statistics into apps that provide users with access to publicly available datasets, including the American Community Survey (ACS). In this webinar, we will discuss how to access the API, identify ACS variables and geographies to build queries, and locate additional resources.
Time:
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Description:
Introduction to using the Census Geocoder tool and understanding the geographic output; demonstrate how to find the location of an address using the TIGERweb map application.
Time:
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Description:
Discover the detailed social, economic, and housing statistics that the American Community Survey (ACS) provides for every community every year. You will learn about basics of the yearly estimates and datasets produced from the ACS, resources available on our website (census.gov/acs), and how to access ACS data products through a variety of tools, with special emphasis on American FactFinder.
Time:
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
