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What decisions about the use of synthetic data in the American Community Survey (ACS) have been made?
The Census Bureau hasn't made any decisions yet about the use of fully synthetic data in the ACS. During this exploratory research phase, we welcome ...
What research is the Census Bureau currently exploring concerning synthetic data use on the ACS?
Synthetic data methods are well-known to the statistical community as they have been used in other surveys, such as the SIPP, and within statistical ...
How has the Census Bureau researched and used synthetic data in its products?
Of the many public-use data sets and online tools created by the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD), its LEHD Origin-Des...
How are synthetic data and privacy/confidentiality connected?
All Census Bureau surveys have to balance the competing requirements of releasing statistics and protecting privacy. Modern privacy theory makes clea...
What are synthetic data?
Synthetic data can mean many different things depending upon the way they are used. Sometimes, as in computer programming, the term means data that a...
What is differential privacy and how does it fit into disclosure avoidance?
Differential privacy is one of many disclosure avoidance approaches available to protect statistics. A benefit of this approach is that it uses a mat...
What is disclosure avoidance and why is it important?
Disclosure avoidance refers to the techniques and practices used to protect confidential respondent information while still allowing data to be used ...
How do traditional disclosure avoidance methods differ from modern approaches?
Traditional methods often relied on redaction, aggregation, and simple perturbation techniques, while modern approaches incorporate more rigorous mat...
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