[CTPP] ACS Reference Materials

[Ed Christopher]

The Census Bureau just released the first of a series of "handbooks"
aimed at helping data users negotiate their way through ACS data.  This
first handbook, "What General Data Users Need to Know" will help general
audiences understand the basics of the ACS, its opportunities and
challenges, and how to access and use the ACS data on the Census
Bureau's Web site. The handbook can be found at
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACSGeneralHandbook.pdf

The handbook itself is part of a much broader suite of e-learning ACS
materials that can found at
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/compass_series.html

In addition, NCHRP Report 588 "A Guidebook for Using the American
Community Survey Data for Transportation Planning" is a MUST HAVE for
the transportation planner.  It can be found on-line at
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_588.pdf   

-- 
Ed Christopher
Resource Center Planning Team
Federal Highway Administration
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