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Data Quality Issues with the ACS
Why are the Margins of Error so Large?
4/19/2012 feature story
This note discusses reasons that the ACS data are noisier than are data from the census long-form. It recommends that users examine their data metrics before drawing conclusions and if necessary - collapse cells or combine geographies.