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    APDU Data Update   News   Census Bureau Releases Economic Studies Research Papers   The Census Bureau’s Economic Studies Research program recently released a series of analysis papers covering a wide variety of survey methodology and analysis topics.  These papers include: An Analysis of Sample Selection and the Reliability of Using Short-Term Earnings […]

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    APDU Data Update     News   NCSES Creates Web Data Tool for Science & Engineering State Profiles   The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation has released a new web-based data tool for Science and Engineering State Profiles.  The tool contains data from 2003–09 and allows […]

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    APDU Data Update     News   ITO World Maps All U.S. Road Accident Casualties   369,629 people died on America’s roads between 2001 and 2009.  ITO World used the official data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to produce this powerful map using OpenStreetMap.  Access the interactive map here.     […]

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Association of Public Data Users   APDU Data Update     News   Census Requests Feedback on Data Products In the Federal Register Notice on the 5-year ACS data products, the Census Bureau announced that it would begin to produce 5-year ACS data for ZCTAs (Zip Code Tabulation Areas) beginning with the 2007-2011 ACS data […]

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Association of Public Data Users   APDU Data Update     News   HUD Seeks Input into Rotating Topical Modules for 2013 AHS The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking data user input into questions for its new rotating topical modules in the 2013 American Housing Survey.  These modules include neighborhoods and […]

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Association of Public Data Users   APDU Data Update     News   Economic Census at Risk Following Budget Cuts The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch recently posted a video story on the consequences of budget cuts to the Economic Census.  Access the video here.     Amstat News – Data Synchronization: Leveraging Existing Business […]

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Association of Public Data Users   APDU Data Update     News   Kauffman Foundation Launches COMETS The Kauffman Foundation recently released its COMETS (Connecting Outcome Measures in Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Science) database.  Version 1.0 contains parsed, cleaned, integrated, and beta-tested data from U.S. patents granted and National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health […]

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Association of Public Data Users   APDU Data Update     News   Census Bureau Releases Updated Beta Version of DataFerrett The Census Bureau recently released an updated Beta version of DataFerrett, which includes several new features designed to improve access to the 2005-2009 5-year ACS Summary File in DataFerrett.  Learn more here.    NHGIS […]

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Association of Public Data Users   APDU Data Update     News Items   Call for Proposals: Kauffman Firm Survey Data Extension – Data Matching Deadline: January 15, 2012   As the Kauffman Foundation nears the completion of its eight-year panel study on new firms in the United States, the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), the […]

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Association of Public Data Users   APDU Data Update     News Items   BLS Commissioner Profiled by Amstat News   Amstat News recently profiled Keith Hall, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Read the full article here.     GAO Recommends Census Bureau and Postal Service Pursue Opportunities to Further Enhance Collaboration The […]

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