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  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Since for some unknown reason "No one" calculates Life Expectancy at the county level anymore, I did it and matched the 5 year ACS range 2019-2023. Hopefully, this sets me up for 202-2024 when both the ACS-5 and CDC Wonder mortality data is out (late ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Might be of interest: https://siarchives.si.edu/about/partnerships/fedweb "The main goal for this interest group is to provide a space for discussing current and future projects, collaboration, and mutual support of web archiving efforts across ...

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  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Dear Colleagues, I'm pleased to share that the ASA has a project underway on re-imagining the National Center for Education Statistics. Learn more about the project here: https://www.amstat.org/policy-and-advocacy/reimagining-the-national-center-for-education-statistics/ ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    That is very helpful. Thank you! ------------------------------ Beth Jarosz ------------------------------

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Thanks Beth, do you want federal data users to post examples here? Attached is a simple example of a query (prompts highlighted in yellow) that shows the challenges in using ChatGPT (V. 5.2) to access ACS data. I often find that AI will confidently and ...