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Albuquerque
Demographic
Analysis Workshop Announcement
The Local
Demographic
Analysis Workshop (LDAW)™ was developed for human service providers,
neighborhood activists, grant writers, planners or anyone who would like to
easily look up and analyze basic demographic characteristics. Participants
will
learn to use the 2000 Census, as well as more current data
sets.
Each workshop will focus on analysis for the particular city in which it is taught. However, all techniques and methodologies are directly transferable to any other geography.
When: August 7th or 8th (one day
workshop)
Fee: $225 for
credit card at the time of sign up, $249 regular
price
How
To Register: Visit www.smartgirltechnologies.com or call us toll free at 1-877-241-6576
OBJECTIVES
This is a basic, technical workshop that will teach you how to access, analyze, and present 2000/1990 Census (short and long form), 2001 American Community Survey (ACS) and 2001 Census Supplemental data. Participants will:
• Learn the most efficient process to extract, query, download and manipulate data from the American Factfinder website;
• Construct a Local Community Change Profile™ for the city and Census tract within that city. The Profile is comprised of 20 key demographic variables and five bonus questions;
• Learn commonly used analytical, demographic analysis techniques including commonly used mathematical formulas to transform raw data into compelling information and things you should know so as not be a dangerous analyst;
•Learn the strengths and weaknesses of the Census, ACS and Census Supplemental Surveys;
• Learn about the wide variety of variables available focusing on race and ethnicity, poverty, income, nationality, age, housing and population analysis;
• About Census geography including:
-What to do when your target area boundaries
don't
fit Census boundaries;
-Figuring out if your tract boundaries have
changed
between 1990 and 2000 and if so, what to do about it;
-Demonstration of
ArcExplorer, a free map browser produced by ESRI;
• Learn some techniques to present data in clear, compelling ways in terms of tabular and graphical data.
MATERIALS
Each participant will receive:
• An extensive work book with a copy of the LDAW™ presentation,
• Demographic Data Resource CD™ that includes:
» ArcExplorer, a free map browser produced by ESRI
» Computerized map files (shapefiles) that can be read by ArcExplorer that include:
-Census tracts (2000 & 1990) for all US
counties
-County boundaries for all US counties
-City boundaries for
all
US cities
-Water boundaries for all US areas
-School District
boundaries
for all US counties
» Receive Information Activist™, a free quarterly e-letter highlighting new data rich websites and interesting social research
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Former Participants' Comments:
YMCA, Chicago, IL
"Fantastic--Useful information presented clearly. Just what I
needed!
Thanks!"
King County,
Washington, Public Health Department, Seattle
2003
"The workshop was absolutely
fantastic. It was full of very useful information presented in a completely
user-friendly way. The instructor was wonderful. Thank you very
much."
Washington
State Library, Seattle 2003
"Very good concise overview of demographic
analysis
using Census data. I really enjoyed the
instruction."
Special Care Services, Dallas,TX
2003
"This workshop really demystified the Census website and I will be
using
this information for years to come."
Action for Boston Community Development, Boston, MA
2002
"The materials were excellent and what I liked best about the course
was
that it was hands on. The class was very helpful and useful."
NYU Institute for
Education and Social Policy, NYC
2003
"This workshop presented a clear and
precise
overview. It was very useful."
Smartgirl Technologies,
the
creator of the original "Local Demographic Analysis Workshop" is a
social
research company located in Portland, Oregon. For more information
about
the workshop, who we are and what we do, check out our website at www.smartgirltechnologies.com.
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