ICPSR Data Fair: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - How Data Affects A Diverse Community

Monday, Oct. 1, 2018

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Cost: None


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Ablah Library

1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260

Event Contact

Megan Macken
Email: megan.macken@wichita.edu
Phone: (316)978-5081
Website: Learn more about ICPSR Data Fair: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - How Data Affects A Diverse Community

Location: 204 Ablah Library

Learn more about underrepresented groups in data, the problems of representation in data (census race categories, binary gender choices, etc), evaluating data sources from a social justice perspective, and metadata schemas to help combat misrepresentation. Presented by Allison Gofman and Kristin Lee of the Tufts University Tisch Library. Prep work: Search for and download a data set of your choosing from ICPSR's Resource Center for Minority Data to use as a reference for this presentation. Learn more at https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/datafair/schedule.html

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