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

3 A Compass for Understanding And Using ACS Data  Set of user-specific handbooks  Train-the trainer materials  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 General Data UsersFederal Agencies Business CommunityHigh School Teachers CongressMedia ResearchersRural Area Data Users PUMS UsersState and Local Gov. Users of American Indian and Alaska Native Data Puerto Rico Community Survey Data (in Spanish) ACS Compass Handbook Audiences All handbooks include a common set of technical appendices

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

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

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

9 www.TRBcensus.com

10 Ed Christopher Resource Center Planning Team Federal Highway Administration 19900 Governors Drive Olympia Fields, IL 60461 708-283-3534 edc@EdTheFed.com http://www.dot.gov/ctpphttp://www.TRBcensus.com202-366-5000

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