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...

City Series: Phoenix

This year, Super Bowl LVII will be held in Glendale, Arizona in the Phoenix metropolitan area. This will actually be the fourth Super Bowl held in the Phoenix area and the third in Glendale at State Farm Stadium. This vibrant metropolitan area has seen major growth...

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Super Bowl Fans

This weekend, the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII. But who is watching? Who are the fans? And where do they live? First, let’s look at sports fans across the board. Using the 2021 MRI-Simmons Doublebase survey, we added...

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Potential Updates to the ACS on Race

Just last week, the Biden administration announced proposed changes on how they will collect data on employees which would allow them to specify a more specific race than only “white” or “Asian”. This comes from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) who has kept...

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Why AGS: Vast Geographic Coverage

When the Census data is released every ten years, the geographic boundaries change. The 2020 Census provided unique challenges with the data and geography that we have extensively covered on the blog. To best serve our clients, we carry a complete range of standard...

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January 2023 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 January 2023. SiteSeer Research...

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We Had ChatGPT Write a Blog Post: How’d They Do?

We’ve heard about students using AI tools to help them write essays for university with varying degrees of success. So we wondered—could ChatGPT write the AGS blog? We asked the ChatGPT bot to write an essay on using demographics for retail site selection, which you...

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