by Elyse Menger | Feb 25, 2021 | Climate Data, Product Sneak Peek
On the 26th of December, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale resulted in a tsunami with recorded wave heights of 100 feet and resulted in at least one quarter of a million deaths. While an extreme event, the 1964 Alaskan earthquake...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 25, 2021 | Database Overview
One of the key problems that analysts face when building multivariate statistical models is multicollinearity in the independent variables. Imagine for a moment that you are trying to predict the demand for books by neighborhood using a simple demographic model. It...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 18, 2021 | Climate Data
No matter where you live, you are bound to experience some kind of natural disaster, right? Earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, hail, hurricanes and high winds are just a part of life, you just get to choose what you are willing to put up with. In the vein of “choose...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 18, 2021 | Database Overview
While you may not immediately consider it necessary data, climate data can be very useful for insurance underwriting, retail merchandising, and real estate. AGS offers a general Climate database, which consists of four types of weather-based indexes, including...
by Elyse Menger | Feb 11, 2021 | Census
If you are like us, you have been refreshing the Census Bureau’s website weekly looking for the latest information about when the 2020 data will be released to the public. It was recently announced that the apportionment count, used officially for redistricting, will...
Recent Comments