INFO 747 - Social and Economic Data

Prof. John M. Abowd (john.abowd@cornell.edu)

Offices: 259 Ives (5-8024); CISER (5-4801; 391 Pine Tree Road)

Office hours by appointment only, use e-mail

Course Requirements

Software

Streaming Video

This course is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Information Technologies Research Program under grant SES-0427889.

Course Outline

Session

Date

Topic

Video

1a
1/26

Introduction

 (rm)

1b
1/26

Data Everywhere

(rm)

LAB 1
1/27-2/1

Finding Sources, Documents, and Data

  

2a
2/2

Objectives of Public and Private Data Collection

(rm)

2b
2/2

Confidentiality, Privacy and the Ethics of Social Data

 (rm)

LAB 2
2/3-8

Going From Public Use to Underlying Data

  

3a
2/9

The U.S. Statistical Infrastructure

 (1) (2)

3b
2/9

International Statistical Infrastructure

 (mp4)

LAB 3
2/10-15

Comparing Economic Data from Official Sources

  

4a
2/16

Populations and Sampling Frames

(mp4)

4b
2/16

Sampling Frame Maintenance

(mp4)

LAB 4

2/17-2/22

Basic Statistical Tools

  

5a
2/23

Business Censuses

(mp4)

5b
2/23

Household Censuses

 (mp4)

No Lab

 

  

6a
3/2

Using Data from Household Samples

 (mp4)

6b
3/2

Using Data from Business Samples

 (mp4)

LAB 6

3/3-3/8

Using Data from Business and Household Censuses

  

7a
3/9

Analyzing Frames and Samples with Missing Data

 (mp4)

7b
3/9

General Methods for Missing Data

(mp4)

LAB 7
3/10-3/15

Probabilistic Cross Walks and Industry Data

  

8a
3/16

Multiple Imputation, I

 (mp4)

8b
3/16

Multiple Imputation, II

 (mp4)

LAB 8
3/17-3/29

Missing Data Analysis Using Multiple Imputation

9a
3/30

Discussion of Labs 4-8

 (mp4)

9b
3/30

Introduction to Probabilistic Record Linking

 (mp4)

LAB 9
3/31-4/5

Synthetic Census Data

  

10a
4/6

Probabilistic Record Linking II

 (mp4)

10b
4/6

Applications of Record Linking

 (mp4)

LAB 10
4/7-4/12

Record Linking

 

11a
4/13

Statistical Tools for Data Integration

 (mp4)

11b
4/13

Modeling Integrated Data

 (mp4)

LAB 11
4/14-4/19

Modeling Integrated Data

  

12a
4/20

Methods of Confidentiality Protection

 (mp4)

12b
4/20

Recent Advances in Confidentiality Protection

 (mp4)

LAB 12
4/21-4/26

Synthetic Economic Data

 

13a
4/27

Assessing Data Quality

 (mp4)

13b
4/27

Overview of the Proposal Application Process at Census

 (mp4)

LAB 13
4/28-5/4

Preliminary Proposals and Predominant Purpose Statements

  

14a
5/5

The Census Proposal Review and Implementation Process

  
14b
5/5

Wrap up

  
LAB 14
5/6-5/13

Take Home Final