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    Share Your Experience: Using AI to Access Federal Statistics The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) is working with NORC at the University of Chicago and the Georgetown University Massive Data Institute on a project to understand ...

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  • January events

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    2026 Greetings! There are several virtual events happening in January that may be of interest to this group. If I missed any, please reply to this post with the details, thanks! Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring ...

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    Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. I write to share a new article associated with this project, refresh a request, and make a new request: The January Amstat News has a summary of a discussion we hosted ...

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    Since for some unknown reason "No one" calculates Life Expectancy at the county level anymore, I did it and matched the 5 year ACS range 2019-2023. Hopefully, this sets me up for 202-2024 when both the ACS-5 and CDC Wonder mortality data is out (late ...