[CTPP] CTPP 3-year table request "The is also none univariate
table with all 18 modes"
Ed Christopher
edc at berwyned.com
Mon Apr 20 13:38:49 CDT 2009
Sorry--it was a slight typo... should have read, there is one univariate
table with all 18 modes. Actually there are 2. One in Part 1 and one in
Part 2.
Mike Harmon wrote:
> Can someone help me understand what the text quoted above is supposed to
> say?
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> Thank you,
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> Subject: [CTPP] CTPP 3-year table request
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> Earlier this month the AASHTO CTPP Oversight Board submitted a request
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> for a special tabulation of 3-year ACS tables. For those who might not
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> remember, just over a year ago the Oversight Board submitted a similar
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> request that met with some harsh disclosure and suppression rules.
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> After an appeal of the rules failed, the Oversight Board set up a
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> subcommittee to develop a new request that hopefully would be more
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> favorably received by the Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board. It
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> was believed that now that the disclosure proofing rules are known it
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> would be possible to design data tables that would yield the maximum
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> utility possible while still adhering to the rules.
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> A copy of the new table request letter and tables can be found at the
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> following locations respectively.
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> http://trbcensus.com/aashto/docs/CTPP_3-year_table_request.pdf
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> http://trbcensus.com/aashto/docs/CTPPtables-09apr01-1.xls
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> One of the major differences of the new request from last year’s is that
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> modes used to go to work have been collapsed. In 2008 we were asking
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> for crosstabs using 5, 8 and 11 modes. With the 2009 request we are
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> asking for 3, 5, 6 and 10 modes. In addition to the collapsed modes the
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> number of variables crossed with “Means of Transportation to Work” has
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> been reduced from about 17 to 5. The 5 variables include travel time to
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> work, household income, vehicles available, age and time leaving home to
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> go to work. Of course it will not be known which tables will pass the
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> disclosure rules until we actually see the tables. _The is also none _
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> _univariate table with all 18 modes_. When reviewing the potential tables
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> do not forget that the 3-year ACS is only for areas with more than
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> 20,000 residents.
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> The Census Bureau and their Disclosure Review Board (DRB) are currently
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> reviewing the proposal and the Oversight Board is hopeful that it will
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> be approved. Once the DRB is OK with the proposal it will pass over to
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> the ACS Office and they will prepare a cost estimate after which a final
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> decision by the Oversight Board will be made.
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