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Seattle Demographic Analysis Workshop Notice
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gina Clemmer)
Fri May 21 20:10:53 2004
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 19:49:52 -0700
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Seattle Demographic Analysis Workshop Announcement - New Fast Track, Half
Day Version!
When: June 4th, 2004
Times: Morning Session: 8:15 am - 12:00 pm Afternoon Session: 1:00 -
4:45 (Please choose either the morning or afternoon session)
Where: 1750 112th Ave. NE, Suite A-101, Bellevue, WA 98004
Fee: $225 for credit card at the time of sign up, $249 regular price
How To Register? Visit www.sgtinfo.com or call us at 877-241-6576.
The Seattle Demographic Analysis Workshop will teach you to extract, query,
download, analyze, and map Census demographic data for Seattle and
surrounding communities. Such data can provide grant writers, social
researchers and community planners with powerful tools for analyzing
community changes.
This workshop also provides an introduction to geographic information
systems (GIS) which includes an overview of GIS trends and common uses,
where to easily obtain mapping files for Seattle, a demonstration of the
map browser ArcExplorer (included with your materials), hands on practise
making basic maps online and suggestions for making effective maps. This is
a streamlined, "hands on" workshop where each participants works on their
own computer throughout the day.
See a detailed description & agenda
Materials include: A comprehensive workbook that includes the workshop
presentation, exercises, reference materials and a valuable Demographic
Data Resource CD. This CD includes useful GIS tools such as ArcExplorer and
several shapefiles for all communities in the United States. Also included
is the 2003 US Statistical Abstract which includes an extensive selection
of statistics for the United States, with selected data for states,
metropolitan areas and cities.
This workshop will:
Teach you to extract, query, download, analyze, map and present 2000-1990
Census and 2002 American Community Survey data that includes Poverty,
Race/Ethnicity, Age, Housing, Language and Transportation;
Teach you to construct a Local Community Change Profile. The Profile is
comprised of key demographic variables and customized for Seattle and a
Census tract within Seattle (participants may also substitute their own
community);
Teach you analytical, demographic and spatial analysis techniques including
commonly used mathematical formulas to transform raw data into compelling
information;
Teach you about Census geography including common problems such as working
with non-Census boundaries, analyzing change over time despite boundary
changes and how to use new mapping functionality recently built in to
American Factfinder;
Provide you with exceptional materials that you can use immediately to
assist with social research and analysis.
King County, Washington, Public Health Department, Seattle 2003
"The workshop was absolutely fantastic. It was full of very useful
information presented in a completely user-friendly way. The instructor
was wonderful. Thank you very much."
South Central Los Angeles Regional Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2003
"This information will be a valuable tool to add to my skills' arsenal. I'm
excited about applying what I have learned to the grant writing process."
Action for Boston Community Development, Boston, MA 2002
"The materials were excellent and what I liked best about the course was
that it was hands on. The class was very helpful and useful."
NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy, NYC 2003
"This workshop presented a clear and precise overview. It was very useful."
Smartgirl Technologies, Inc. is a social research company located in
Portland, Oregon. For more information about the workshop, who we are and
what we do, visit our website at www.sgtinfo.com.
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