As part of an NICHD funded project, the Social Science Data Analysis Network at the University of Michigan will host a workshop to enable college and university professors to develop class modules using topics from the American Community Survey for courses they will teach during the 2017-18 academic year. The workshop will be held Thursday through Saturday, June 15-17, 2017 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Agenda

Workshop Agenda (pdf)

Presentations

Day 1

Why is Demography Important for Students (pdf)

Basics of the American Community Survey (ACS) (pdf)

Jill Bouma – Walkthrough of a Module

• Four Handouts (pdf)

Kathy Rowell – Creating a Module (pdf)

Day 2

ACS Geography and Variables (pdf)

Day 3

Helpful links

Census Bureau Summer Camp Webinar Series
ACS Information Guide (pdf)
Census through Time (pdf)
How the ACS Works (pdf)
ACS Community (pdf)
ACS Design Methodology Report (pdf)

Dataset Catalog (pdf) from Workbook

ACS Compass Guides

• Researchers (pdf)
• American Indian & Alaskan Native Data (pdf)
• Rural Area Data Users (pdf)
• General Users (pdf)
• Teachers/Instructors (pdf)
• Media (pdf)

SSDAN Resources
WebCHIP: http://ssdan.net/datacounts/webchip/
PiPS: http://pips.ssdan.net/

Segregation Slideshow on Salon.com: http://www.salon.com/2011/03/29/most_segregated_cities/slide_show/1

Other Tools for Accessing ACS Data
Social Explorer: http://www.socialexplorer.com/
ESRI Tapestry: http://www.esri.com/landing-pages/tapestry
Census Reporter: http://censusreporter.org/
IPUMS: https://usa.ipums.org/usa/
NHGIS: https://www.nhgis.org/
Brookings State of Metropolitan America: http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/state-of-metropolitan-america-indicator-map
Kids Count Data Center: http://datacenter.kidscount.org/
Urban Institute Data/Viz: http://www.urban.org/data-viz
Population Reference Bureau (PRB): http://www.prb.org/
DataFinder: http://www.prb.org/DataFinder.aspx
ACS/Census: http://www.prb.org/Topics/US-Census-and-ACS.aspx

Other tools
GapMinder: http://www.gapminder.org/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609611422396227/