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When & Where
Date: 
Wed, October 21, 2015 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: 
Convening Room
Description
Type: 

This workshop will focus on becoming familiar with searching and downloading the data published by the US Census Bureau via Factfinder and Social Explorer. This will include understanding the data format, Census region mapping, the different surveys used in the US Census, and statistical concept of sampling error in the American Community Survey. Finally, the lab will practice exporting, cleaning, and graphing this data (including population pyramids) using Excel tools.

Materials: 
Details
Training Host: 
D-lab Facilitator: 
Colleen Kredell
Participant Technology Requirement: 
Please install ArcGIS in advance (follow along ok too)