There’s still room to sign up for some of our workshops and classes, where you can learn data skills touching on the full range of research needs, from Python and R skills to GIS and qualitative data research. Visit our schedule to find a session.
This year, we are featuring a new event, a Datathon co-hosted by the Data Science Club and Data Services. Our teams are off in pursuit of fabulous prizes, and we wish them luck in tackling one of three projects. You can catch up with the Datathon on its home page at https://nyu-dataservices.github.io/2021-love-datathon.
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Members of the Data Services team have aggregated a list of resources, data sets, projects, and other information on Indigenous Peoples Day. We hope that you are able to make use of them in your teaching, research, and learning.
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Because our tutorials are online, and because we want to reach a broader audience at NYU, we have also listed a handful of offerings at times that are well-suited for those at the NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai campuses. The Fall 2020 NYU Go Local list of featured tutorials is as follows:
- Data Visualization with Tableau – September 15, 9pm in New York or September 16, 9am in Shanghai
- Getting Started with Python Pandas – September 16, 9pm in New York or September 17, 9am in Shanghai
- Survey Design with Qualtrics – October 6, 9pm in New York or October 7, 9am in Shanghai
- Python for Harvesting Data on the Web – October 7, 9pm in New York or October 8, 9am in Shanghai
- Data Cleaning and Management Using Python – November 11, 9pm in New York or November 12, 10am in Shanghai
- Introduction to R – October 14, 8pm in New York or October 15, 8am in Shanghai
- Using RSQLite and Shiny Applications to Solve Business Problems – November 18, 7pm in New York or November 19, 8am in Shanghai
- Extracting Geospatial Data with the OverPass API – October 20, 12am in New York, 8am in Abu Dhabi, and 12pm in Shanghai
- Introduction to QGIS – November 9, 11pm in New York, 8am in Abu Dhabi, 12pm (Nov 10) in Shanghai
These tutorials are available to anyone in the NYU community, regardless of current location. They are not recorded because we want anyone who participates to feel comfortable asking questions, sharing examples, or interacting with us as we work through the software. For any questions about registering for Data Services classes, visit the Data Services homepage or email data.services@nyu.edu
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Among the highlights:
Tuesday, February 11, 1:00-2:00
“Counting New York: NYC Census 2020” [Register]
Julie Menin, Director, NYC Census 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 1:00-2:00
The Economic Census [Register]
Lucia S. Foster, Chief, Center for Economic Studies, Economic Indicators Division (EID), US Census Bureau
Wednesday, February 12, 4:00-5:00
Social Explorer [Register]
Social Explorer offers mapping historical and current U.S. Census Data.
February 13, 2:00-3:00
An interactive portal for accessing and downloading all Census Bureau datasets.
Tutorials
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Love Data Week: The 2020 U.S. Census
Every 10 years, the decennial census allows the U.S. to fully count its population. This year, during the national research data initiative Love Data Week, the Division of Libraries will focus its programming on the U.S. Census. Census data not only determines political representation and federal funding allocations, it also plays and important role in supporting social science research. The Data Services team has put together a series of speakers and tutorials to bring awareness to the national initiative and examine the many ways the data can be used in scholarship and research. Many of our most popular tutorials will also be offered to mark Love Data Week.
Speakers
Monday, February 10, 2:00-3:15
“Exploring the Census: Custom Data Extractions”
Frank Donnelly, Geospatial Data Librarian, Baruch College CUNY, Author of Exploring the U.S. census : your guide to America’s data (2019)
After an introduction to the various Census data sources, Frank will demontrate methods for creating custom census data extracts with Python. Participants are welcome to bring a laptop and follow along with the demontration.
Tuesday, February 11, 1:00-2:00
“Counting New York: NYC Census 2020”
Julie Menin, Director, NYC Census 2020
As the Director of NYC Census 2020, Julie Menin organizes extensive outreach efforts to encourage every New York City resident to participate in the upcoming 2020 Census. An accurate census count will ensure that New York receives its fair share of education, healthcare, housing and infrastructure funding and its proper electoral representation in Congress and the electoral college.
Wednesday, February 12, 1:00-2:00
“The Economic Census”
Lucia S. Foster, Chief, Center for Economic Studies, Economic Indicators Division (EID), US Census Bureau
Every five years, the U.S. Census Bureau collects extensive statistics about businesses that are essential to understanding the American economy. This official count, the Economic Census, serves as the foundation for the measurement of U.S. businesses and their economic impact. Statistics from the economic census are inputs to key measures of the US economy such as the gross domestic product (GDP), product accounts (NIPAs) and the Producer Price Index (PPI). These resources offer researchers deep and broad insights into the US Economy both today and in the past.
Demonstrations
Social Explorer
Social Explorer offers mapping historical and current U.S. Census Data.
An interactive portal for accessing and downloading all Census Bureau datasets.
Tutorials
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