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The Census Bureau supports the development of research software and computing environments as well as migration into production. For research projects, this includes analyzing, processing, provisioning, and managing data. The Census Bureau also manages and maintains research data documentation for research projects and supports all Federal Statistical Research Data Centers and internal research users.
Our teams advance research goals by applying and innovating methods and software for data science and by providing high-performance computing environments for research. This work includes researching and developing data science applications operating on large-scale datasets to optimize Census Bureau business processes and create new statistical products.
All Subtopics Within Research
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Dissemination and Access—Innovation and ResearchExplore our research and innovations related to effectively disseminating quality data while protecting respondents’ confidentiality.
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Economic and Social ResearchLearn about our use of confidential microdata on businesses and households to do empirical research in economics, sociology, demography, and related fields.
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Research Computing EnvironmentsExplore our leading-edge research in computational environments that use data science methods such as web scraping, AI, machine learning, and record linkage.
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Statistical ResearchDelve into our research on statistical design, modeling, and analysis methods for data collection, analysis, statistical product development, and dissemination.
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Survey Methods ResearchLearn about our methodological research to design and evaluate questionnaires, recruitment materials, field rep training, and other aspects of data collection.
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