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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...

25 Years of AGS- Elyse’s Perspective

by Elyse Menger | Jan 7, 2021

I don’t think it’s any big secret that I (Elyse Menger Robinson, Director of Marketing) am Gary Menger’s youngest child. After many years in non-profit fundraising, I took an offer to come work for the family business at the end of 2019 and haven’t looked back. As AGS...

Database Source Change For 2021

by Elyse Menger | Jan 7, 2021

After many years of working directly with Infogroup, now Data-Axle, Applied Geographic Solutions is making a change to our core source data for our Business Counts database. Effective January 1, 2021, we will be switching over to the Business dmPlus™ database, offered...

2020 Reflections and 2021: Looking Ahead

by Gary Menger | Dec 31, 2020

2020 Reflections Throughout history, the regular appearance of pandemics has had a profound effect on the cultures and nations in their paths. While certainly not yet on the level of those plagues that toppled empires, the COVID-19 epidemic will likely be remembered...

Census 2020 Updates

by Elyse Menger | Dec 17, 2020

As data lovers, 2020 was slated to be an exciting year with the 2020 Census. Of course, like everything else this year, the Census was disrupted by COVID-19. While the count started on January 21st in remote Alaska, it took many more months to complete the count than...

Dreaming of a White Christmas?

by Elyse Menger | Dec 17, 2020

Dreaming of a White Christmas? Us too, but it won’t be happening for the staff of AGS. Everyone is located in the southern half of the United States, either in sunny Southern California, or in hot and humid Texas. As we think about those braving the major winter storm...

Unemployment Estimates after Ten Months

by Elyse Menger | Dec 17, 2020

Earlier this week, we released our fortieth edition of the weekly unemployment estimates that we started at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. We naively thought that the crisis – or at least the employment effects of it – would be but an unpleasant blip in the...