topic Census data Margin of Error or Reliability Index in ArcGIS Community Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-community-analyst-questions/census-data-margin-of-error-or-reliability-index/m-p/577289#M139 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Has anyone looked deeply into the American Community Survey (ACS) data Margin of Error (MOE) or the Esri Reliability Index in comparison to the population represented.&nbsp; In Community Analyst I ran the Covid Planning Infographic template for a County, I will probably be asked to run it for townships.&nbsp; I was hoping to develop a guideline to say, if your population is under 5,000 the data isn't useful because the error is so great.&nbsp; I know each of the parameters in the template would have an individual MOE or Index number, but I also can't figure out how to find the MOE or index per township or city.&nbsp; Has anyone else had to dig into the ACS and analyzed the error and found an efficient process to figure some rough guidelines to base your analyses?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 May 2020 19:51:49 GMT JillPlescher 2020-05-08T19:51:49Z Census data Margin of Error or Reliability Index https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-community-analyst-questions/census-data-margin-of-error-or-reliability-index/m-p/577289#M139 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Has anyone looked deeply into the American Community Survey (ACS) data Margin of Error (MOE) or the Esri Reliability Index in comparison to the population represented.&nbsp; In Community Analyst I ran the Covid Planning Infographic template for a County, I will probably be asked to run it for townships.&nbsp; I was hoping to develop a guideline to say, if your population is under 5,000 the data isn't useful because the error is so great.&nbsp; I know each of the parameters in the template would have an individual MOE or Index number, but I also can't figure out how to find the MOE or index per township or city.&nbsp; Has anyone else had to dig into the ACS and analyzed the error and found an efficient process to figure some rough guidelines to base your analyses?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 May 2020 19:51:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-community-analyst-questions/census-data-margin-of-error-or-reliability-index/m-p/577289#M139 JillPlescher 2020-05-08T19:51:49Z