CSDE Affiliate David Swanson has recently published two articles in Population Research and Policy Review and another in Canadian Studies in Population. The first two, co-authored with Jack Baker and Jeff Tayman, evaluate the accuracy of the Hamilton-Perry Population Projections for census tracts (available HERE) as well as a synthetic-adjusted version of this method (available HERE). The third article, co-authored with Lucky Tedrow and available for open access HERE, discusses equalities and inequalities in life tables, identifying two new inequalities related to life expectancy.
CSDE Workshop: Introduction to the Northwest Federal Statistics Research Data Center (NWFSRDC)
The Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) network is comprised by Census-managed secure computing labs within top educational and research institutions across the country where qualified researchers conduct approved statistical analysis on non-public data. These data are collected by various government agencies (Census Bureau, NCHS, BEA, BLS, SSA, etc.) and made available to local researchers through agreements with federal statistical agencies.
This workshop will give a general introduction to- the data available in the University of Washington’s Northwest FSRDC, some examples of work done with different kinds of data, and the process of requesting access to this data.
CSDE Computational Demography Working Group Hosts Amanda Cox, Data Editor of The New York Times
This week, Amanda Cox will join the CDWG Meeting to speak about her work in data visualization at The New York Times. She joined The Times‘ graphics department in 2005, making charts and maps for the paper and its website. Since 2016, she has been the editor of The Upshot section, which offers an analytical approach to the day’s news. Cox is one of the top data visualizers in the world, as measured by surveys, Malofiej awards, or repeat conference invitations.
Join this meeting on Wednesday, 11/10/2021, from 2:00 – 3:00 PM PT via THIS Zoom link.
CDWG meets via Zoom; its calendar of events can be found here.