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CALL FOR
ABSTRACTS: 2019 ACS DATA USERS CONFERENCE
SUBMISSION
DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2018
The 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) Data
Users Conference will bring together ACS data
users and staff from the U.S. Census Bureau to
increase understanding of the value and utility
of ACS data and to promote information sharing
among data users about key ACS data issues and
applications. The conference will include:
- Contributed presentations by ACS data users
- Invited sessions
- Breakout sessions
- Informal meet-ups or roundtable discussions
(topic-based)
- Lightning session (NEW!)
- Opportunities for networking
Registration for the conference will be free for
all participants. We are inviting abstracts on
any topic relating to ACS data, but we are
especially interested in presentations focused
on:
- Innovations in visualizing/ mapping ACS
data
- Accuracy of ACS data: sampling and
nonsampling issues
- ACS methods and survey design
- Combining ACS with other survey or
administrative data
- Measuring change over time with ACS data
users
- ACS estimates for small geographic and rural
areas: challenges and solutions
- Aggregating ACS data and creating effective
user-defined geographic areas
- Presenting ACS data: practical guidelines
for data
- Utility of the ACS for private-sector
applications
To submit an abstract, visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/ACSConf19.
For more information, please contact Linda
Jacobsen (ljacobsen@prb.org) or
Mark Mather (mmather@prb.org)
at PRB.
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