Editing American Community Survey (section)

==Research studies==
The Census Bureau conducts research and evaluation projects, including [[survey methodology]] research, important for the improvement of the ACS.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACS Research & Evaluation Program|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/library/publications-and-working-papers/research-and-evaluation.html|access-date=2023-12-18|website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Content Test Evaluation Reports|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/library/publications-and-working-papers/content-test-evaluation-reports.html|access-date=2023-12-18|website=Census.gov}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

The ACS data is used by researchers to examine societal changes, study data quality, and conduct methodological research.<ref>{{cite web|date=2023-09-14|title=The Modern American Family|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/09/14/the-modern-american-family/|access-date=2023-12-18|website=Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends Project|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite book|last=Smalley|first=Heather|url=https://www.rti.org/rti-press-publication/language-survey-research|title=The Essential Role of Language in Survey Research|date=2020-04-30|publisher=RTI Press|isbn=978-1-934831-24-3|editor-last=Sha|editor-first=Mandy|pages=47–74|chapter=A longitudinal perspective on the effects of household language on data quality in the American Community Survey (Chapter 3)|doi=10.3768/rtipress.bk.0023.2004|doi-access=free}}</ref>