The Analytics Hub Launches New Data Playbooks Section to Support Reproducible Research and Dissemination

Figure 1: A graphic describing the components of a Data Playbook

Every day, analysts at FEMA are tasked with answering important questions that touch on any number of topics, from mitigation, response, and recovery analyses to human capital and budgets. Many of these questions require the same preliminary analytic steps, such as calculating the number of disaster declarations in the past year or adjusting previous obligation amounts for inflation. Others may request a refresh of numbers supplied during a previous data call. In an effort to reduce duplicative efforts and provide reproducible analyses, the Analytics Hub now features a “Data Playbooks” section.

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