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Census 2000 School District Special Tabulation Are you assessing the state of education or applying for a grant? Are analyzing fiscal equity or looking to see which school district might be best for your family? The following graphic shows how the school district special tabulation data can be used in a range of applications. This graphic shows the start of the process with the raw data files at the top, center. These raw ASCII data are converted with the Proximity ASC2DBF software into a database structure. The resulting database files remain unmanageable for many applications so the Proximity Census Data Integrator (CDI) data mining software may be used to extract key parts of the database -- that most fit with typical applications. One important derived data from the SDST are the "demographic profile" subset data files. Having the data in this form makes the data easier to consume for most users. These data can then be processed and/or displayed, depending on the user's application needs using the Proximity Interactive Analysis System (IAS) and/or Web Interactive Analysis System (WIAS). The selection of which of the data and which software are used, and how, is determined by the application/use requirement. See Application Scenarios. 
Application Scenarios Different application scenarios require different data, data structures, software, and data mediums. For those interested in the instrinic information conveyed by the SDST, other data resources might not be relevant. In other instances, having the SDST data alone does not provide enough information without blending in other data. Some typical applications that can benefit from the SDST data are shown above. The process of organizing and then distilling the data into useful information should be driven by have a clear understanding of how the data can be used.
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