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Analyzing PUMS with SPSS
Campbell addresses the complexity of both the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) and the Statistical Package for Socail Sciences (SPSS), but discusses how they belong together "like love and marriage." SPSS was built to deal with massive amounts of information, and PUMS provides just that. Campbell's tipsheet is a step-by-step guide
Tags: PUMS; SPSS; Census; analysis; data; American Community Survey;
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Analyzing PUMS online
Campbell walks you through analyzing PUMS (Public Use Microdata Sample) data online via the Minnesota Population Center's site, highlighting some of the most important features.
Tags: PUMS; Public Use Microdata Sample; Census; data; tract
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(IPUMS) Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
This PowerPoint presentation details the uses of IPUMS, the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. This microdata can be used when examining census statistics to "build your own tables to answer questions the summary file tables don't answer." PUMS was the Public Use Microdata Sample, which had issues including a \"tricky hierarchal format.\" IPUMS, from the University of Minnesota, is an online data extraction engine that is available free on the Web.
Tags: PUMS; IPUMS; Integrated Public Use Microdata Series; Public Use Microdata Sample
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Finding Stories in Census Data
This tipsheet shows what data is available in census databases, and what sorts of stories could be done based on that data. It also includes other similar data sources and how access them.
Tags: Census; surveys; Public Use Microdata Samples; PUMS
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Data for the Military Beat
Military information can sometimes be difficult to obtain. But this tipsheet provides a number of places to go where you can find useful military data. Sources include Census, Pentagon, National Archives and FAA databases. Several databases on veterans highlighted. Even resources for finding planes being hit by birds.
Tags: veterans; 2000 census; public use microdata sample; PUMS; military personnel registry; department of veterans affairs; veterans affairs; national cemetery administration; NICAR; air force safety center; bird strikes; aircraft
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Census 101
This is a must have tipsheet for those who have always wanted to work with the Census but never had the courage to wade through the terminology and other barriers. Doig defines much of the Census terminology from SF3 to PUMS and more. He also explains some of the statistics behind the different Census data. Another important piece of information included is what is asked and what isn't in the survey.
Tags: Census; SF1; SF2; SF3; SF4; PUMS; summary file; Public use microdata sample; tiles; tracts; questionnaire; survey; statistics; American Factfinder; story ideas
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Public Use Microdata Sample
The tipsheet presents PUMS, PUMA (Public Use Microdata Area) and SuperPUMA. Data examples together with sample articles in which data was used are presented.
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Public Use Microdata Sample
Richard O'Reilly, director of computer analysis for the Los Angeles Times, writes about a little known dataset the Census Bureau produces -- the Public Use Microdata Sample or PUMS. "PUMS is the next best thing to raw census data itself. It is the answers to each of the long form questions for each member of a housing unit." O'Reilly explains the benefits -- and pitfalls -- associated with using PUMS data.
Tags: census; Public Use Microdata Sample; PUMS