Links and Market Analysis Resources

This page contains supplemental materials and links that I will discuss over the course of the semester.  For homework assignments, exams, and case studies, see the homework section of this site.

Lecture notes
Helpful documents
Useful links
Get Acrobat Reader

Lecture Notes and Handouts

• January 19 - Course introduction - PDF SmartBoard notes

• January 24 - PDF SmartBoard notes

• Urban & Regional Economics - PDF notes

• Understanding Geographies - PDF SmartBoard notes

• Industry Codes - PDF SmartBoard notes

• Employment Data - PDF SmartBoard notes

• Midterm Review - PDF file

• Downtown housing notes - PDF SmartBoard notes

• Downtown housing spreadsheet

Helpful Documents

• Market analysis reports

  • Zimmerman-Volk study of downtown housing - Appendix tables - Target market descriptions

  • Economic Research Associates study of Area District

  • Market study for Exchange Place apartment proeject

  • Dunbar Theatre redevelopment feasibility study

  • McConnell AFB housing study

• Written assignment assessment documents

  • Written assignment assessment form - Word 2003 format

  • Barton School writing assessment rubric - Word 2003 format

  • Interpreting my scribbles on your papers - PDF format

• Oral presentation assessment documents

 

• Oral presentation assessment form - Word 2003 format

• Barton School oral presentation assessment rubric - Word 2003 format

Useful Links

• U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov

  • U.S. Statistical Abstract - http://www.census.gov/statab/www/

  • State and County Quick Facts - http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

  • Economic Census - http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html

  • Current Industrial Reports - http://www.census.gov/cir/www/index.html

  • Census geography tools

    • http://www.census.gov/geo/www/index.html

    • http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=gn7_maps

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/ (source of both wage and salary and civilian labor force employment data)

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis - http://www.bea.gov/ (source of BEA employment data)

• FEDSTATS - http://www.fedstats.gov/

• SIC & NAICS codes lookup tools

  • http://www.loglink.com/sic.asp

  • http://www.osha.gov/oshstats.sicser.html

• FIPS code lookup tools

  • http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/webrepts/commoncodes/

  • http://www.census.gov/geo/www.fips/fips.html

  • http://geonames.usgs.gov/fips55.html

• Public company information

  • http://finance.yahoo.com/l

  • http://www.hoovers.com/free/

  • http://www2.standardandpoors.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=sp/Page/HomePg&r=1&l=EN&b=10

• Mailing lists - Info USA - http://www.lookupusa.com/

You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print many of the files posted on this web site.  You can download it for free at the Adobe Acrobat web site.

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