ASA 2018 Course: Incorporating ACS and US Census Data into Undergraduate Courses
Helpful links
Files for Today
Presentation: Goals and Why Teach with Data (pdf)
Presentation: Brief Overview of ACS (pdf)
Overview of QR (Esther): Slides
QR Assessment (Esther): Slides
Intro to Modules and WebChip (Jill): Slides; (2) Handout 1 (doc); (3) Handout 2 (doc)
Examining Disability and Gender with SDA (Esther): Handout (docx)
Summary vs. Micro Data: Handout (pdf)
Demand for Quantitative Literacy in Sciences: Nature Neuroscience: Erroneous Analyses (pdf)
More Information on ACS from the Census Bureau
ACS Information Guide (pdf)
Census through Time (pdf)
How the ACS Works (pdf)
ACS Community (pdf)
ACS Design Methodology Report (pdf)
Datasets
Census Bureau ACS PUMS Documentation
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/
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/