Slide 2 Using widgets to responsibly disseminate ACS data
Presented by: Ben Horwitz Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 5-Year American
Community Survey has several difficulties. Census tract data comes
with high margins of error. Error terms become larger when
aggregated to the neighborhood level. 2005-2009 ACS data includes
Pre-Katrina data. 2006 and 2007 ACS data includes significant
population shifts in the immediate aftermath of Katrina. Slide 6
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14 Slide 15 GNOCDC user tested our new pages and widgets with
community members before releasing to the public. Community members
provided valuable feedback to make the site more user-friendly.
They found the just-in-time learning helpful in answering questions
that came up during the user testing. And, seemed to develop a
profound sense of accomplishment with using and understanding the
margin of error and statistical significance! Slide 16 GNOCDC
believes these widgets help us responsibly disseminate ACS data at
the neighborhood level. The new web pages received 11,754 unique
visits, or 165 per day. The widgets have been viewed 87 unique
times. If youd like to see more, visit our website:
www.gnocdc.org
