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ACS Data User Perspectives
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MARK MATHER, POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU
MAY 2015
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ACS Data Community Word Cloud
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ACS Data User Survey
Conducted in April 2015
243 responses
Topics
• Affiliation
• ACS knowledge and use
• Key ACS data issues
• Tools and capabilities
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Affiliations of Survey Respondents
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ACS Expertise of Survey Respondents
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Frequency of ACS Use Among Survey
Respondents
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Length of ACS Use Among Survey
Respondents
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Key Challenges for ACS Data Users
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Less Critical ACS Issues
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Will Loss of 3-Year ACS Data Affect
Your Work?
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How ACS Data Users Deal with Large
Margins of Error
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Tools and Capabilities that Would be
Useful to ACS Data Users
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Perspectives on ACS Data User
Group Activities
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For More Information
Visit ACS Data Users Group website
(http://www.acsdatausers.org )
Contact
Linda A. Jacobsen
Mark Mather