Start with Sakai assignment for today:

Make your best attempt to answer the question based on the Census video

Are data neutral?

• data doesn’t have a bias
• questions could be biased
• interpretation of results could be biased
• computer doesn’t care about results - ie neutral
• exists without a why - just looking for pattern not reason
• not sure about whether the data is true!
• underestimate the truth depending on what is collected

Questions and data needed

• Why do companies locate themselves in particular locations?
  • Go look up Amazon’s new headquarters on the NY Times
  • Relationship between density and employment and education
  • Tax rates
  • Target market
• Is there a relationship between geographical location and unemployment rate?
• How does age affect unemployment rate?
  • Do a high population of older workers increase unemployment for younger?
• Use of different languages in different locations and how it changes?
• Variation in income based on race
• Shrinking group of particular income related to education? employment?

Use of census data

• overview of population
• federal funding
• spin the data to make a particular argument