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 2016-2017 academic year. The workshop will be held Thursday through Saturday, June 16-18, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Presentations

Workshop Agenda (pdf)

Day 1

Why is Demography Important for Students (pdf)
Basics of the American Community Survey (ACS) (pdf)

Jill Bouma – Walkthrough of a Module

• Handout 1 (doc)
• Handout 2 (doc)
• Teaching Advice

Kathy Rowell – Creating a Module
Mickey Pabello – Data Analysis and Statistics Course Using ACS

Day 2

ACS Geography and Variables (pdf)

Day 3

To be added . . .

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)

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
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/