data map from census website

Working with Census.gov 3: Interacting with the Data

This third of four courses takes you into a series of live demonstrations and in-depth explanations and visuals from the Census.gov and American FactFiner websites. The course covers a comprehensive navigation of the pages, tools and interactive databases that form the expansive Census website and publicly accessible data stores and produced information.

Chris Williamson
Taught By Chris Williamson
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Course Info

  • Duration 7 video lessons (65 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2013
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 1 min
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    2.
    Navigating Census.gov
    Chapter Duration 12 mins
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    3.
    Thinking in Three Dimensions
    Chapter Duration 13 mins
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    4.
    Drilling Down
    Chapter Duration 12 mins
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    5.
    Navigating FactFinder
    Chapter Duration 14 mins
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    6.
    Queries Elaborated
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    7.
    Data Manipulation and Table Formatting
    Chapter Duration 6 mins

Course Description

This third of four courses takes you into a series of live demonstrations and in-depth explanations using the Census.gov and American FactFinder websites. The course covers a comprehensive navigation of the pages, tools and interactive databases that form the expansive Census website and publicly accessible data stores. 

Learn these skills

  • Census
  • Data Analysis
  • Demographics
  • Mapping
  • Research Methods
  • Microsoft Excel

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Chris Williamson

Chris Williamson

Chris Williamson has spent 40 years in academia, public and private sector planning, and environmental analysis.

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