Data stories
BlogInformation from the field that we find particularly relevant, engaging, or just plain interesting.
Data Collection in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of many Americans. People are limiting their contact to the outside world through fewer trips to work and public places, and many have temporarily relocated. Despite this, the federal government continues to collect...
Economic Impact: Unemployment During the Pandemic
It goes without saying that one of the major concerns surrounding COVID-19 in the Detroit area is the impact that the pandemic has had on employment. After years of employment growth, many states are facing a period of economic uncertainty, and our area is no...
Why is Redistricting Such a Big Deal?
We’ve already established in our previous Census blog series that one of the reasons the Decennial Census is so important is the redrawing of Congressional districts, or redistricting. Now we’ll talk about the impact of redistricting and the establishment of...
Data Quality: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on the African American Community
There are many uncertainties around the data related to coronavirus in the world. As we pointed out in an earlier blog, the state’s reporting originally had almost 30% of deaths listed as “race unknown”. This didn’t stop local and national news outlets from running...
Context is Key: Making Coronavirus Data More Actionable
Normalizing data, or setting the data up to make it easier to read and compare, can help ensure that comparisons of these raw numbers won't favor highly populated communities like New York City or Detroit, or leave out lower populations altogether. One great way to...
Bring Your Baby to Work: D3’s Culture of Work/Life Balance
I wrote a while ago about D3’s flexible family leave policy and how it helped me transition back into a full time work schedule. Well, spoiler alert, coming back as a full time employee doesn’t mean I stopped being a mom with different schedule needs than I had...
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