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BLS Issues Call for Presenters
Have you used the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) in your work? More specifically, have you used the public-use microdata files from the CE in research you have conducted? If so, BLS would like to invite you to present your work at the upcoming CE Microdata Users? Workshop, to be held July 13-15, 2016, following the CE Survey Methods Symposium on July 12.
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Chicago Leverages Private-Sector Data Analytics Expertise
In the past, public-private partnerships have mostly involved the delivery of services, much like the way Chicago teams with Comcast to bring the Web to low-income families through the Internet Essentials partnership. Recently, though, the city has found a new way to partner with the private sector, joining with insurer Allstate to leverage data analysis as a means to improve city services. In an era driven by big data and data analytics, such efforts could represent a new means for public CIOs to take advantage of private-sector expertise.
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The Data Problem in the Ongoing College-Value Debate
There?s still widespread debate in the U.S. about whether going to college is ?worth it ? – and frequent portrayal of a nation that?s over-saturated with college-degree holders who?ve struggled to find work in the recession. Which begs us to ask, why does the back-and-forth continue, even with an abundance of evidence to the contrary?
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Data Journalists Dirty Little Secret
A dirty little secret in the data journalism trade: visualizing data is as much an art as a science. And seemingly tiny design decisions — where to set a color threshold, how many thresholds to set, etc. — can radically alter how numbers are displayed and perceived by readers.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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The Consumer Expenditure Survey Redesign Initiative
The article comprises (1) an introduction to the CE program, (2) a history of the CE?s methodological improvements, (3) an overview of the Gemini Project, and (4) highlights of recent research conducted in support of the redesign. The article concludes with a discussion of next steps for the CE as the Gemini Project transitions from development to implementation.
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Visualization of the Week
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Mapping a City?s Soundscape
Good City Life, a research group studying urban quality of life issues, has created Chatty Maps, a map illustrating the defining sounds of every street in twelve major cities around the world, including New York, Washington, D.C., London, Madrid, and Rome. Chatty Maps uses social media data to map a city?s sound profile by aggregating geotagged photos on Flickr and analyzing sound-related tags, including ?wind? or ?birds,? and emotion-related tags including ?anger? or ?surprise,? to determine the sound profile of a particular location. Users can click on a section of a street to examine the makeup of its sound profile based on six categories?transport, nature, music, mechanical, and indoor?and the common emotions associated with those sounds. City planners can use this information to better understand the sounds associated with the built environment and how it could impact urban life.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS
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APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):
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Administration for Children and Families
- National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being-Third Cohort (NSCAW III): Agency Recruitment (June 7, 2016)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS
- Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database (June 7, 2016)
Bureau of Justice Statistics
- 2016 Law Enforcement Administrative and Management Statistics Survey (May 13, 2016)
- 2016 Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS) (May 9, 2016)
Census Bureau
- Census Employment Inquiry (May 11, 2016)
National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
- Agricultural Prices (May 11, 2016)
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