Helpful links
Files for Today
Presentation: Goals and Why Teach with Data
Presentation: Brief Overview of ACS
Intro to WebChip (Jill): Module 1, Module 2
Begin Developing Your Own Modules: Module Template
Demand for Quantitative Literacy in Sciences: Nature Neuroscience: Erroneous Analyses
More Information on ACS from the Census Bureau
ACS Information Guide
Census through Time
How the ACS Works
ACS Community
ACS Design Methodology Report
Datasets
Census Bureau 2014 5-year PUMS Documentation
ACS 2014 5-year PUMS repackaged for Education (~3GB) (SAS)
ACS 2014 5-year PUMS sub-sample (~700MB) (SAS)(Stata)(SPSS)
ACS 2014 5-year PUMS sub-sample (~60MB) (SAS) (Stata)(SPSS)
ACS 2014 5-year PUMS sub-sample (~6MB) (SAS)(Stata)(SPSS)
ACS 2014 5-year PUMS EARN.dat (~500MB) (SAS)(Stata)(SPSS)
ACS Compass Guides
- Researchers
- American Indian & Alaskan Native Data
- Rural Area Data Users
- General Users
- Teachers/Instructors
- Media
SSDAN Resources
WebCHIP4: 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/