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Data for the Greater Good

by Elyse Menger | February 23, 2023 | Demographics, Featured, Use Cases | 0 Comments

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

by Gary Menger | October 7, 2021 | Census, Featured | 0 Comments

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

by Elyse Menger | August 5, 2021 | Featured, Use Cases | 0 Comments

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...

Calling out the Crickets

by Gary Menger | Jan 20, 2022

As a rule, we at AGS are not overly keen on the approach of talking about competitors negatively. Perhaps it is our polite Canadian heritage, where we are more likely to say that we are sorry for something we didn’t do than point fingers at the ones who did....

Dallas

by Elyse Menger | Jan 13, 2022

Once established as a trading post, Dallas became famous when oil was found in the area, making it the business center for oil in all of Texas and Oklahoma in the 1930’s. Since then, Dallas has grown to be the 9th largest city in the U.S., and the third largest in...

Fort Worth

by Elyse Menger | Jan 13, 2022

Often touted as “Where the West Begins” Fort Worth has humble beginnings as one of eight forts set to protect settlers from Indian attacks on the new frontier. Known for its history in cattle trade, today “Cowtown” is a thriving city, currently the 13th largest in the...

Why AGS: We Aren’t Just a Data Vendor

by Elyse Menger | Jan 6, 2022

When you think about AGS, you probably think about our data. Our data, trusted by thousands of companies, made us a household name in the data science world. We have more data than anyone else (more than 35,000 variables and counting), and we pride ourselves on being...

2022 Plans

by Elyse Menger | Jan 6, 2022

The AGS team always feels a renewed energy at the start of the new year, and we are full steam ahead on our plans for 2022. There are lots of exciting things happening at AGS this year, some that we aren’t quite willing to share all the details of just yet. Here is a...

2021 Round-up

by Elyse Menger | Dec 23, 2021

At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. For the end of the year, we decided to each pick our favorite posts...