Overview
This reference page for Measuring Broadband America July 2012 Report provides the validated data set that was used to produce this Report. It includes the detailed results for 12 test that formed the basis for the Report, in addition to the results of a separate quality metric run to assess which reporting units were available. An additional test, defined as consumption in the Technical Appendix, is not included in the validated April 2011 data set, but can be found in the March month files of the raw bulk data. The April 2012 data set was validated as discussed in the Report and Technical Appendix (further details can be found on the Methodology July 2012 Report reference page).
- Statistical Averages
- Data Dictionary
- Data Cleansing
- Unit Profile
- Excluded Units
- Unit Census Block
- Validated April Data
Files
Statistical Averages
Description
Excel workbook of tabulated test results data. Contains the tabular test data from the validated April 2012 test results data. A full range of statistical measures for each test is given.
Why We Provide It
This is the comprehensive analysis of all tests conducted within this study comprising test results contained within the report and additional tests described but not presented in the report. Researchers can use this data to do further analysis of broadband performance in the United States.
Additional Information
See the section on methodology, exclusions and scripts for more information on how the statistical analysis was performed and how the data set was processed.
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statistical-averages-april-2012.xls
Data Dictionary
Description
This document provides a brief explanation of each field included in the data set, and is provided as documentation on the structure of the data.
Why We Provide It
This file is provided as documentation on the structure of the data. This one file describes the contents on this page.
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data-dictionary-april-2012.xls
Data Cleansing
Description
This document outlines the data cleansing processes used to generate the "clean" data set from the "raw" data set.
Why We Provide It
This file is provided as documentation of how the raw data was cleansed to be included in the validated data set.
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validated-data-cleansing-april-2012.docx
Unit Profile
Description
This document identifies the various details of each test unit, including ISP, technology, service tier, and general location. Each unit represents one volunteer panelists. The unit ID's were random, which served to protect the anonymity of the volunteer panelists. Technical note: This is a large, normalized data set which expands to multiple files. To use this data you will most likely need to import it into a relational databases.
Why We Provide It
This data is provided as reference look up information for the individual units running tests.
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Excluded Units
Description
A listing of units excluded from the statistical analysis with brief notations as to why.
Why We Provide It
This list is provided for transparency and identifies those units that were excluded from the validated March results used for the statistical analysis. Test results from the excluded units are contained in the Raw Bulk Data files (published soon).
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Unit Census Block
Description
This spreadsheet identifies the census block in which each unit running test is located. Census block is from 2000 census and is in the FIPS block code format. No block contains less that 35 people.
Why We Provide It
To identify the general geographic location of the unit running the test.
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Unit_ID_Census_Block_Group.xls (548 KB download, 548 KB expanded)
Validated April Data
Description
This document contains the validated April 2012 data set that was used to produce the Report. It includes the detailed results for all 13 tests that were run as part of this study, in addition to the results of a separate quality metric run to assess which reporting units were available. The April 2012 data set was validated as discussed in the Report and Technical Appendix; further details can be found in the Methodology section of this page. Technical note: This is a large, normalized data set which expands to multiple files. To use this data you will most likely need to import it into a relational database.
Why We Provide It
The validated data is provided for full transparency and to enable researchers to conduct their own analysis from a common pool of data.
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Download from Amazon S3 (SQL) https://s3.amazonaws.com/fcc-april-data/fcc_data_tables_april_2012_csv.tar.gz
