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Abstract Details

Activity Number: 397
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #300792
Title: Mapping American Community Survey Data
Author(s): Nancy K. Torrieri*+ and Michael Ratcliffe and David Wong
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and George Mason University
Address: American Community Survey Office, Suitland, MD, 20746,
Keywords: American Community Survey ; Mapping ; Sampling Error
Abstract:

Maps are a frequently used tool to portray the Census Bureau's data and highlight spatial patterns that provide context and significance for the characteristics displayed. Casual users of maps of statistical data may not look past what is interesting visually to analyze the underlying data that a map depicts. However, that does not absolve the mapmaker of the responsibility for informing users of the statistical qualities associated with the mapped values. The Census Bureau set new standards for communicating the statistical qualities of estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) by including information on the level of sampling error (specifically, margins of error) associated with every ACS estimate. Now, efforts are underway to develop an operational tool that will make it possible for geographic information systems (GIS) users to communicate this information through map products as well.


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