Hi friends of Census—

The Census State Data Centers steering committee is organizing a webinar for Dec. 4, titled: 2020 Census demonstration data: Privacy and accuracy issues. 

Please save the date: Wed., December 4, 2:00 Eastern (11:00 Pacific).

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The audience for the webinar are: Partners of Census Bureau, and Census data “power users.”

Agenda:

• Census implementing new disclosure avoidance methods with 2020 Census public data products
• Overview of Differential Privacy, effects on data accuracy, examples based on Census’s decennial demonstration data tables
• Proposed data products, what tables will be available
• How you can review the demonstration data tables now online
• Suggested next steps, and opportunities for feedback: Both Census Bureau and NAS/ CNSTAT are asking for stakeholders’ input.

Presenters for this webinar are:

• Jan Vink, research specialist at Cornell Program on Applied Demographics (a FSCPE and SDC member in New York)
• Dave Van Riper, spatial analysis director at Univ of Minnesota Population Center (a SDC coord agency in MN)
• Beth Jarsoz, demographer at Population Reference Bureau.

(Content of this webinar will be similar to Dave and Beth’s webinar for APDU earlier in November.)

--Todd Graham

  On behalf of Census State Data Centers steering committee

Todd.Graham@metc.state.mn.us