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MCDC Training Conference - 2005

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The MCDC Training Conference will be held on Monday, July 25, 2005 at the Memorial Union (and nearby classrooms) on the campus of the University of Missouri - Columbia. The day long conference will begin at 9:30 A.M. and end at 4:00 P.M.. It will consist of short (25-minute) opening and closing general sessions and four 2.5 hour in-depth training workshops, some of which will run concurrently. Each workshop will be hands-on, with Internet access. Attendees will have the choice of two from among the four offerings. If sufficient interest is expressed we will consider offering some of the workshops both in the morning and in the afternoon.

The conference registration fee will be $35 and will include a buffet lunch served in Stotler Lounge in the Memorial Union. If (and only if) you respond to this form (by choosing the workshops you would be interested in, filling in the required Id info and then hitting the Submit Form button at the bottom of the page) you will be notified by early June of the final program and the sessions you will be able to attend. You will also be provided with a registration form at that time along with instructions on how to make your payment. The maximum enrollment per workshop will vary but will never exceed 25 persons. Although filling out the form does not imply a formal commitment to attend the conference, we ask that you please keep in mind that we will base our planning on the assumption that you will be attending. We reserve the right to cancel any of the workshops if the results of this posting indicate fewer than 12 persons interested in attending.

The following table describes the four hands-on workshop sessions that we plan to offer at the conference. Please indicate your interest in attending these by entering a number from 1 to 3 in the boxes provided in the Rank column. If you are only interested in two workshops then you should make 2 entries, one of them a "1" (indicating your first choice) and the other a "2". If all three workshops are of interest you can enter numbers in each row with the numeric values entered indicating your first, second, and third choices. If you have questions, see the Questions/Comments line at the very bottom of this page.
Workshops to be Offered
Title Presenter Description Rank
Accessing Data on the Web John Blodgett, OSEDA This workshop is about learning to use web tools to access Census and other public data sources on the WWW. Special emphasis will be on tools located on the MCDC web site, including Uexplore/Dexter (for accessing the MCDC data archive), CAPS, and MABLE/Geocorr. A brief intro to American FactFinder will also be included.
Introduction to GIS James Harlan, Geographic Resources Center The focus will be on accessing MCDC demographic data using ArcView 3.2 and ArcGIS 9. Topics to include:
  • Availability and downloading of spatial and tabular data.
  • Understanding data structures, formats and metadata.
  • Relational data sets (Joining spatial data with tabular data).
  • Cartographic understanding, procedures, and production.
Note: The proposed LED workshop will not be offered this year.
American Community Survey Jerry Deichert, Nebraska State Data Center Census 2000 data are now over five years old. If you need more current information, the American Community Survey (ACS) can help. The ACS asks the same critical demographic and economic questions as the decennial Census, but on a yearly basis. In this workshop you will be exploring the American Community Survey website and experimenting with the available data. It is designed to provide you with thorough information on the ACS contents and how to use the website, so that you will have the knowledge and skills needed to utilize this rich new source of information.
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This file last modified Tuesday 6/14/2005 12:57PM

The   Missouri Census Data Center   is a sponsored program of the Missouri State Library within the office of the Missouri Secretary of State. The MCDC has been a partner in the U.S. Census Bureau's   State Data Center  program since 1979.

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