Demographic Analysis Workshop: Analyzing Florida Communities (Feb. 2005)

[Gina Clemmer (New Urban Research/SmartGirl Technologies formerly)]

Analyzing Florida Communities: Demographic Analysis Workshop - One Day
Workshop

Dates
February 9th and 10th (9:00 am - 4:00 pm) Note: These are one day workshops.

Location
New Horizons Training Center - 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy STE 180 Jacksonville,
FL 32256

Fee
The registration fee is $199 - Credit Cards, Checks and Purchase Orders
accepted

Materials
Comprehensive workbook (75 pages) which includes the presentation,
exercises and reference worksheets, 
Demographic Data Resource CD, ArcExplorer map browser, ArcGIS software 60
day trial CD set

To register for this workshop or for more info visit
www.urban-research.info or call 877-241-6576

The Analyzing Florida Communities: Demographic Analysis Workshop will teach
you to extract, query, download, analyze, and map Census demographic data
for Jacksonville and other Florida communities. Such data can provide grant
writers, social researchers and community planners with powerful tools for
analyzing community changes. This is a streamlined, "hands on" workshop
where each participant works on their own computer throughout the day.
(Note: Participants may use their own community in exercises-all techniques
are directly transferable to other communities). 

This workshop also provides an introduction to Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) which includes a discussion of GIS trends and common uses,
where to easily obtain mapping files, a demonstration of the map browser
ArcExplorer (included with your materials), hands on practice making basic
maps online and suggestions for making effective maps. See a detailed
description 

Workshop Outline

Lesson 1: What Data are Available Where?

Types of data collected in the Census and American Community Survey
Differences between Summary Files 1 - 4 and when it's appropriate to use
which data set
Learn what the 2003 American Community Survey has to offer and the
differences between the ACS and the Census
Accuracy and under count rates for Census data
Lesson 2: Census Geography

Description of Census geographies
What data is available at what geography
What to do when your target area boundaries do not match Census geography
boundaries
Analyzing change over time
Lesson 3: Extracting and Analyzing Demographic Data for the American
Factfinder

How to efficiently extract, local, disaggregated, custom Census data and
2003 American Community Survey data
Explore a wide range of variables including poverty, language, age, income
and housing variables
Construct a Community Change Profile for a community of your choice using
several core demographic variables
Use common formulas to express data in interesting and compelling ways

Lesson 4: Things You Should Know (so as not to be a dangerous analyst)

Recommendations on ways to analyze Race/Ethnicity, Income, Age, Housing and
Population
Examples of how to present this type of information
Common and helpful formulas for working with the data sets above

Lesson 5: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

What is GIS, how is it commonly used
Downloading and working with free shapefiles for your analysis, where to
get various types of shapefiles
Working with ArcExplorer, bringing in shapefiles, creating thematic maps in
ArcExplorer
Creating maps online through American Factfinder 


Former Workshop Participants' Comments: 
View Other Participants' Comments 


Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County, Miami, 2004
"I learned more in one day than I learned at my last professional
conference."

West Palm Beach Housing Authority, Miami, 2004
"This workshop provided valuable information and skills."

City of Miami, Office of Community & Economic Development, Miami, 2004
"This course is extremely useful and applicable to my daily tasks. Thank
you so much."
  
Florida Department of Education, Miami, 2004
"Short of dancing bears, I don't think you can do a lot to improve this
workshop. It was much better than I expected."

New Urban Research, Inc. (formerly SmartGirl Technologies) is a social
research company located in Portland, Oregon.  For more information about
the workshop, who we are and what we do, check out our website at
www.urban-research.info. 


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