by d3wpadmin | Aug 19, 2021 | Cassie Kinsora, Census, Census Data Series, Cenus Background, Jordan Graves
As we’ve discussed in our Census blog series, the decennial Census is a count of the number of people in the United States that’s taken every 10 years. And that count impacts state representation and local and state budgets for various federal assistance programs. ...
by d3wpadmin | Aug 12, 2021 | AskD3, Cassie Kinsora
As we detailed in a previous blog, one of the ways that Data Driven Detroit puts community members in touch with the data that they need is through our free AskD3 service. We receive new inquiries every week, and we’re able to address them by creating useful map...
by d3wpadmin | Jul 22, 2021 | Cassie Kinsora, Data Literacy
In our recent PPP Loan Data blog, we reference both the median and the average, or mean, loan amounts for geographies in Michigan. These are two statistical measures that are used to determine a middle value for a set of numbers. But why are these numbers sometimes...
by d3wpadmin | Jul 8, 2021 | AskD3, Cassie Kinsora
AskD3 is a free service that we provide to answer questions or requests for data from members of our community. Through this service, we’re able to provide data, analyses, and visualizations to people directly, or to guide them to a source where they can find the...
by d3wpadmin | Jun 10, 2021 | Cassie Kinsora, D3 Data
Sometimes, current events move quickly, and data changes just as rapidly. This has been the case with the American housing market over the last several years, and, very recently, with the COVID-19 pandemic. During these times when there’s a rapid influx of...
by d3wpadmin | May 5, 2021 | Cassie Kinsora, COVID-19
Since March of 2020, we’ve been examining, analyzing, and working to help our community to best understand the torrent of data available for the COVID-19 pandemic. This work has culminated in our pandemic resource portal and many blogs dedicated to understanding...
