The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
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No complaints: Navigating the New American Fact Finder, improvements and updates
Learn more about how to use the new American FactFinder, or AFF, which has compiled several censuses and surveys. Check out the new enhancements and more user-friendly features of AFF.
Tags: American FactFinder; AFF; censuses; surveys
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Understanding the American Community Survey
This extensive presentation provides great detail about the American Community Survey. The authors give a brief history on the ACS and the basics about the survey. They also provide suggestions on how to get the most from the data that is made available.
Tags: census; ACS; survey; geographic; population
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Using Testing in Your Stories
The authors of this tipsheet bring to light the potentially strong impact that testing can bring to an investigative story. Some of the information found in this tipsheet includes ways to determine what to test and how to test it, how to choose a testing device, how to keep costs low and suggestions on sample size.
Tags: California Watch; Consumer Reports; consumer-focused; science; samples; lead; lab; testing; tests
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Analyzing PUMS with SPSS
Campbell addresses the complexity of both the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) and the Statistical Package for Socail Sciences (SPSS), but discusses how they belong together "like love and marriage." SPSS was built to deal with massive amounts of information, and PUMS provides just that. Campbell's tipsheet is a step-by-step guide
Tags: PUMS; SPSS; Census; analysis; data; American Community Survey;
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The Blob: How to break down massive census releases and convert chaos into stories...
Gebeloff gives tips on how to manage the the incredible amount of data available thru the census. He describes what is available, and gives recommendations about how to approach and make sense of it for your reporting.
Tags: census; American FactFinder; tables; data; census bureau; Community survey
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Censusu lookups and quick facts
Richards provides an overview of some of the data available on American FactFinder - a gateway to census and American Community Survey data.
Tags: census; american community survey;
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Census 2010: Nuts and Bolts
Doig gives an overview of the 2010 census and discusses the questions covered by the census form. He outlines the categories covered by "race" on the census form. He also addresses the American Community Survey which has replaced the census long form since 2000.
Tags: census; race; demographics; American Community Survey; summary levels; geography levels;
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Data on Deadline
This tipsheet lists helpful websites to use when you need to access data on deadline. Suggested data links include the American Community Survey to campaign finance data to tracking airplane tail numbers.
Tags: data; quick hit; deadline; census; campaign finance; aviation; transportation; economics; FAA; NHTSA; automobile; consumer safety; politics; courts; federal spending; databases; reporting
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Getting the Most out of the Census Web site
LaFleur describes the myriad uses for census data, including details on Census Bureau surveys including the decennial census, American Community Survey and current population survey. Census information is dense, so LaFleur helps show how to navigate the various levels of data available.
Tags: census; Census Bureau; American Community Survey; decennial census; margin of error; population; business; agriculture; construction; Ethnic Media Workshop - Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2009)