JSM 2011 Online Program
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| CE_17C | Tue, 8/2/2011, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | HQ-Cowrie 1 | |
| What Statisticians Should Know About the American Community Survey — Continuing Education Course | |||
| ASA , Section on Survey Research Methods | |||
| Instructor(s): Deborah Harner Griffin, U.S. Census Bureau, Alfredo Navarro, U.S. Census Bureau | |||
| In December of 2010 the U. S. Census Bureau released the first set of small area estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is the new source of detailed demographic, social, economic, and housing data for areas as small as census tracts and block groups. Similar data were released after Census 2000 from the long form sample. The Census Bureau will release ACS data annually in the form of 1-year estimates (for the largest geographic areas), 3-year estimates (for smaller geographic areas) and 5-year estimates (for all areas). This short course is designed to familiarize statisticians with the ACS and its many data products. The course will provide an overview of the basic design of the ACS and the methods used to produce survey estimates. We will demonstrate how to access and use ACS data and will provide specific examples of how to access, download and manipulate both ACS summary tabulations from the American FactFinder and ACS public use microdata sample files. We will discuss some of the issues associated with the use and interpretation of ACS multiyear estimates. Target audience The target audience includes analysts and statisticians from federal agencies and state and local governments, the media, researchers, survey methodologists, and private sector statisticians with a basic understanding of the ACS and an interest in improving their skills in using and interpreting ACS data. This course is aimed at the statistical community to provide an overview of the information available from the ACS and the types of analyses that are possible. Material will be presented at an introductory level but will include information of interest to more advanced ACS data users. | |||
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