QWI Explorer

Heath HaywardGeographer

LEHD Program

Unlocking the Powerful Laborforce Information of the Quarterly Workforce Indicators

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What is QWI Explorer? Analysis tool for accessing the

Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) dataset

All 32 indicators available in a pivot chart/map and table interface

Compare, rank, map and aggregate QWIs by time, geography, and firm and worker characteristics on the fly

Companion application to the raw data outputs from the LED Extraction Tool

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What’s New in QWI Explorer? Line Charts for Longitudinal

Analyses Thematic Maps for Spatial

Analyses Exports available for table data

(XLS and CSV), images (PNG and SVG), geography (shapefiles), and glossy PDF Reports

Save Analyses via sharable URLs or social media

Bug fixes and improvements to UI

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State and Indicator

Filters/ Aggregations

X-Axis GroupDownload/ Share

Line/Bar Chart or Map

ApplicationGuide

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Features of the Application X-Axis – Control the Rows of Table and X-

Axis of Chart or Geography shown in Map Group – Control the Columns Table and

Groupings of Chart or characteristics shown in Map

Filters – Refine Analysis by one Characteristic

Aggregations – Filter by more than one Characteristic to Create Sums/Averages

Features of the Application

Interactive Chart/Map

Interactive Table

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Click to Sort

Click to Navigate

Hover to Highlight

Hover to Highlight

Click to Navigate

Click to Navigate

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Longitudinal Analysis View Changes Over Time Compare Characteristics

from the Selected Group Category

Create Single Quarter, Continuous, or Non-Continuous Time-Series

Filter by Geography and/or Worker/Firm Characteristics

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Categorical Analysis Compare Characteristics

from the Selected X-Axis Category

Group the Chart by an Additional Category

Pivot Table to Transpose Chart

Filter by Time, Geography and/or Worker/Firm Characteristics

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Spatial Analysis

View differences across Sub-State Geographies

Cycle through Characteristics from the selected Group Category

Filter by Time and/or Worker/Firm Characteristics

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Functionality In Development

Share of Total/Data Normalization Group by Indicator National Indicators Cross-State Analyses

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Tentative Release Schedule

8/2015 – Group by Indicator and Data Normalization

10/2015 – National QWIs and Cross-State Analyses

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Useful LinksApplication Help and Documentation: http://

lehd.ces.census.gov/applications/help/qwi_explorer.html Video Walkthrough:

http://lehd.ces.census.gov/applications/help/qwi_explorer.html#!video_walkthrough

Example Scenarios: http://lehd.ces.census.gov/applications/help/qwi_explorer.html#!example_scenarios

Data QWI 101: http://lehd.ces.census.gov/doc/QWI_101.pdf Data Notices: http://lehd.ces.census.gov/doc/QWI_data_notices.pdf Raw Data Access: http://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/#qwi

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Thank You!

Please submit feedback to CES.QWI.Feedback@census.gov

Questions?