Data

The Use of Bad Data Reveals a Need for Retraction in Governmental Data Bases
Communication
February 1, 2024

The Use of Bad Data Reveals a Need for Retraction in Governmental Data Bases

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Your Data Likely Isn’t Best Served in a Pie Chart
Insights
January 16, 2024

Your Data Likely Isn’t Best Served in a Pie Chart

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Report Provides Recommendations for Data Instruction in the Social Sciences
Reports
November 30, 2022

Report Provides Recommendations for Data Instruction in the Social Sciences

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CNSTAT Report Emphasizes the Need for a National Data Infrastructure
News
October 6, 2022

CNSTAT Report Emphasizes the Need for a National Data Infrastructure

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America’s DataHub Consortium: Seeing — and Understanding — the Entire Elephant

America’s DataHub Consortium: Seeing — and Understanding — the Entire Elephant

We live in the information age. So where are all the answers? A new data science consortium led by NSF’s National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics wants to reveal the answers and evidence hidden in a sea of federally compartmentalized data.

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NIST Report: There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data

NIST Report: There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data

According to NIST’s Reva Schwartz, bias manifests itself not only in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train them, but also in the societal context in which AI systems are used. 

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Event: Value of Science: Data, Products and Use

Event: Value of Science: Data, Products and Use

Join the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and the Coleridge Initiative for a two-day conference to advance understanding of the […]

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Why Social Science? Leaders Need to Know How to Lead with Evidence

Why Social Science? Leaders Need to Know How to Lead with Evidence

Being bad at math can kill people. Even experts who should understand medical science and help us make good health decisions sometimes […]

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Event: APDU 2021 Annual Conference

Event: APDU 2021 Annual Conference

With economic, public health, and governance challenges arising from COVID-19 and political polarization, trustworthy public data is vital to open and honest […]

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Confidentiality and Data Access: Webinar Series

Confidentiality and Data Access: Webinar Series

The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology and Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics are hosting an eight-session webinar series on confidentiality […]

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How Data Empowered the Individual (and Won a Nobel)

How Data Empowered the Individual (and Won a Nobel)

Angus Deaton called for the applied microeconomists not to abandon economic theory in favor of experiments but instead to think more deeply about the consequences of economic theories and how they can be tested using real-world data. This is the approach he has followed throughout his career and what has led to him win a Nobel Prize.

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Sharing Data Across Disciplines and Cultures

Sharing Data Across Disciplines and Cultures

The value of sharing research data is widely recognised by the research community and funders are setting in place stronger policy requirements for researchers to share data. But the costs to researchers in sharing their data can be considerable and the incentives are sometimes few and far between. A recent report from the cross-disciplinary Expert Advisory Group on Data Access highlights the need for a shift in cultures to provide greater support for researchers in sharing data and greater recognition for those who do it well.

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