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...

The Statistics of National Dog Bite Awareness Week

We are berated with all kinds of holidays and awareness weeks, but did you know that last week was National Dog Bite Awareness Week? That’s right, it’s your favorite week put on by the United States Postal Service. I wait every year for this flyer to come in the mail,...

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2022A Release

This week, our latest data release has made its debut. We’ve been previewing bits and pieces of the release, along with the challenges presented by the 2020 Census, for the last few weeks. Below is a summary of the release highlights, with the links to read the full...

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Database Overview: Behaviors and Attitudes

The Behavior and Attitudes database is a collection of modeled variables that are intended to complement and simplify the main Consumer Behavior MRI database by focusing on those key attitudes and behavioral characteristics that drive consumer behavior and lifestyles...

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Who Will Pay for Medicare?

In a classic good news/bad news scenario, the recently released Social Security and Medicare trustees report says that the funds won’t be going broke quite as quickly as feared. The bad news, of course, is that a deferral of the inevitable by a year or two doesn’t...

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Freeway Drive Time Update

The Freeway drive time engine from our sister company Applied Spatial Technology has a major data update and performance overhaul for its 2022 release. The Freeway engine has been a prominent feature on many of the major site analysis platforms since we first released...

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Continued Challenges for the 2020 Census

On the plane from Dallas to Las Vegas on the way to ICSC, I sat next to a broker from Marcus & Millichap. We of course talked about the show, and he asked what we do here at AGS. Inevitably, the question always comes up: can’t people just use the Census data? The...

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