Basics of Pulling Census Data   Prerequisite: Introduction to Census Concepts or equivalent knowledge   Hands-on workshop to help users understand the strengths of various Census data retrieval tools, both freely available ones and those to which the library … Read more

  Introduction to Census Concepts   Do you know that variables like income and educational attainment are no longer part of the decennial census? Do you understand the differences between the decennial long form methodology and that of the American … Read more

(Please Note: this the day before classes start!) Do you know that variables like income and educational attainment are no longer part of the decennial census?  Do you understand the differences between the decennial long form methodology and that of … Read more

Hands-on workshop to help users understand the strengths of various Census data retrieval tools, both freely available ones and those to which the library subscribes:  American FactFinder, the Census Bureau’s freely available database; Social Explorer, a commercially licensed tool to … Read more

Hands-on workshop to help users understand the strengths of various Census (and other survey) data retrieval tools which allow the creation of custom cross-tabulations (that is, custom data tables).  Tools to be covered include:   DataFerrett; iPUMS; TerraPopulus (in beta); and … Read more