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  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    The business about proportions is protection against the effects of control total revisions. I would go ahead and report the numbers with the MOEs and note the effective date and the possibility of change due to subsequent control revisions. ------------------------------ ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    I have a question about how to interpret ACS table cell counts and how to relate these counts to population estimates. The question begins with the following statement from the ACS 2020 handbook: "The ACS was designed to provide estimates ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    https://tomlaheyh.github.io/Census-ACS-5-data/reports/poverty.html Tomlaheyh Census Reports - Poverty View this on Tomlaheyh > Hi, Tableau Public has been unusually flaky, ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Thank you, Michele! It's also posted on APDU's page: https://apdu.org/joint-statement-on-commerces-disclosure-avoidance-for-statistical-products/ ------------------------------ Beth Jarosz ------------------------------

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Over the last year I've shared several apps here that help people explore public datasets: remote work trends , nativity trends , and immigration enforcement . Several people have mentioned that they appreciated how the apps make the data easier to ...