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2006 State Data Profile Toolkit

The NRC-CWDT has created a new toolkit to help you understand and work with the new composite measures for Round Two of the CFSRs.  The 2006 State Data Profile Toolkit contains a general overview of the CFSR initiative, an introduction to the data used in the CFSRs, a detailed explanation of the State Data Profile, and a guide to looking at what’s behind the numbers.  Additionally it contains a Quick Reference Guide to the CFSR State Data Profile Elements, a CFSR Glossary, a generic discussion of composite measures and weighted components, as well as other useful documents and tools.

Introduction:  Word | PDF

	Section 1:  Training Curriculum
	•	Chapter 1:  The CFSR Process	Word	PDF
	•	Chapter 2:  Sources of the Data	Word	PDF
	•	Chapter 3:  Introduction to the State Data Profil	Word	PDF
	•	Chapter 4:  Reading and Interpreting the State Data Profile	Word	PDF
	Section 2:  Sample State Data Profile for the “State of Y”		Word	PDF
	Section 3:  Independent Exercise on the State Data Profile		Word	PDF
	Section 4:  Quick Reference Guide to the CFSR State Data Profile Elements - Coming Soon!
	Section 5:  CFSR Glossary of Terms		Word	PDF
	Section 6:  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)		Word	PDF
	Section 7:  Federal Register Announcements on the CFSR Process January 23, 2007 (corrected version)		HTML	PDF
	June 7, 2006 (original version)		Text	PDF
	Section 8:  Discussion of Principal Components Analysis, Weighted Measures, and Composite Measures		Word	PDF
	Section 9:  Table of CFSR Data Indicators
	Section 10:  Data Tools For data tools provided by the Children's Bureau, including the Data Composites Syntax, Computational Spreadsheet, Data Indicators and Composite Weights, please click here.

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