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Welcome and ACS training materials, Ed Christopher, FHWA Resource Center

Welcome and ACS training materials, Ed Christopher, FHWA Resource Center Using American FactFinder, Melissa Chiu, US Census Bureau Data Download Center and Thematic Maps, Liang Long, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Report 588 A Guidebook for Using ACS Data for Transportation Planning.

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Welcome and ACS training materials, Ed Christopher, FHWA Resource Center

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  1. Welcome and ACS training materials, Ed Christopher, FHWA Resource Center Using American FactFinder, Melissa Chiu, US Census Bureau Data Download Center and Thematic Maps, Liang Long, Cambridge Systematics, Inc

  2. Report 588 A Guidebook for Using ACS Data for Transportation Planning Introduction and Background of ACS (4 chapters) Case Studies (5 chapters) Policy Planning Trend Analysis Transportation Market Analysis Survey Development Travel Demand Modeling 275 pages www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=924

  3. A Compass for Understanding And Using ACS Data l Set of user-specific handbooks l Train-the trainer materials l E-learning ACS Tutorial http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/compass_series.html

  4. Focus on Using and Understanding ACS data • Interpretation of period estimates • Using single-year versus multiyear estimates • How to deal with sampling error • Audience-specific case studies • Released on flow basis beginning October 2008 in PDF from Web site

  5. ACS Compass Handbook Audiences General Data Users Federal Agencies Business Community High School Teachers Congress Media Researchers Rural Area Data Users PUMS Users State and Local Gov. Users of American Indian and Alaska Native Data Puerto Rico Community Survey Data (in Spanish) All handbooks include a common set of technical appendices

  6. Compass Website http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/compass_series.html What General Data Users Need to Know www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSGeneralHandbook.pdf What the Business Community Needs to Know www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSBusinessHandbook.pdf http://www.census.gov/ COMPASS

  7. When its your turn to do significance testing edthefed.com/presentations/significance testing.ppt

  8. However HELP is Here PUSH BUTTON SIGNIFICANCE TESTER trbcensus.com/notes/StatisticalCalculationsMenu.xls

  9. www.TRBcensus.com

  10. http://www.dot.gov/ctpp http://www.TRBcensus.com 202-366-5000 Ed Christopher Resource CenterPlanning Team Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, IL 60461 708-283-3534 edc@EdTheFed.com

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