Data for the Greater Good

What makes data and statistical analysis wonderful is the ability to optimize your research or business and take it to the next level. But what about using data to optimize non-profit organizations and enhance the work that they do? A little data can go a long way to...

Dealing with the 2020 Census

A tremendous effort in the analytics world is devoted to the task of data preparation and cleansing. Data exchanges refer to ‘curated’ data, which suggests that the suppliers of that data have gone to the trouble of estimating missing fields, reigning in outliers, and...

Optimizing Online Ads with Data

  In the years since “big data” became a term, the scope of what data can do to enhance your business has changed and evolved. If you own a business, you likely are paying for some kind of online advertising. Google Ads, social media advertising, and any other...

April Round-up

At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from April 2024. Sites USA Market...

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2024A Update: Household Finance

The 2024A data update will feature a completely redesigned and significantly improved ‘assets and debts’ database which we will be renaming as the Household Finance database. The main features of the database include: Update to the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances...

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The AGS Synthetic Household Model

Have you ever wondered how we make estimations better than a summary table should allow? The AGS synthetic model creates individuals and households that, within any census block, match the block tables across a wide range of dimensions. This allows us, for example, to...

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The New Gbbis

Readers who have been familiar with AGS for any length of time will likely know of one of our long term partners, Intelligent Direct, who have been in business for 36 years. Likely less familiar is their Gbbis division, known for crafting unique and customized...

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Classification Changes

In years past, the census has typically obtained race and ethnicity data through a separation of two concepts – race and Hispanic ethnicity. This caused much confusion, as even the definitions of what constitutes ‘race’ can be murky, and many people of Hispanic origin...

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