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So Much Data! Spotlighting Statistical Research and Resources from the NIDILRR Community

These #NIDILRR funded projects are helping to make sense of all the data out there on people with disabilities. Continue reading

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Research in Brief: Correlation vs Causation

NARIC’s Research In Focus series highlights new and interesting findings from NIDILRR-funded studies, presented in lay language summaries. The series covers a wide array of topics, and aims to present peer-reviewed research in readable formats, so our readers can learn … Continue reading

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Research in Brief: What is statistical significance?

NARIC’s Research In Focus series highlights new and interesting findings from NIDILRR-funded studies, presented in lay language summaries. The series covers a wide array of topics, and aims to present peer-reviewed research in readable formats, so our readers can learn … Continue reading

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Statistics Tell the Story of Us

Researchers use statistical data to tell the story of us: how we live, learn, work, and more. This Spotlight post features 15 Research In Focus summaries of NIDILRR-funded statistical studies and the stories they tell. Continue reading

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Let’s Take a Peek at NIDILRR’s Outcome Domains and Support Areas: Disability Demographics

Welcome back to our series that highlights NIDILRR’s Outcome Domains and Support Areas. This month, we will be looking at NIDILRR’s Disability Demographics Support Area. Through this research program, NIDILRR seeks to emphasize knowledge areas that are cross-cutting and essential to the support and … Continue reading

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Just the Stats Ma’am

Yesterday, the NIDILRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC) released the 2017 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium in a day-long event that featured an overview of the Compendium and panels of guest speakers. The Compendium is … Continue reading

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U.S. Census Bureau Seeks Feedback on the American Community Survey

The U.S. Census Bureau is attempting to learn about the ways people and organizations use the American Community Survey (ACS) data. Implemented in the 1990s, the ACS is a mandatory, ongoing statistical survey that samples a small percentage of the … Continue reading

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The American Community Survey

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a detailed annual survey sent to approximately 3 million homes. It is designed to collect important information about who we are and how we live. The data collected is used to make more than … Continue reading

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A Webinar on Health Care Access After Spinal Cord Injury

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 3 PM, Lee L. Saunders, PhD. of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) presented a webinar entitled “Health Care Access After Spinal Cord Injury”. The … Continue reading

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Las disparidades de salud entre las personas con impedimentos

Este es el tercer artículo en una serie sobre las disparidades de la salud. Hay varias medidas básicas de atención primaria y preventiva (por ejemplo, consejería nutricional, atención odontológica preventiva, exámenes de la pelvis, radiografías, exámenes físicos, colonoscopias, etc) que … Continue reading

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