Bagels, Books & Basketball: A Book Talk with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz (Who Makes the NBA?)

March 28, 2025
9 - 10 AM
Location: Hybrid, Tobin Center - B120
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Held right before the NCAA basketball championships, join us for a book talk featuring author and economist, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz to discuss his latest book - Who Makes the NBA?: Data-Driven Answers to Basketball's Biggest Questions, as well as using AI in research. Free copies of the book will be given to the first 20 in person attendees.

Roper Public Opinion Data with Kathleen Weldon

January 27, 2025
12 PM - 1:15 PM
Location: Hybrid, ISPS Room A002
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Kathleen Weldon, Director of Data Operations and Communications, at The Roper Center for Public Opinion will provide an overview of the datasets available in the Roper archive, the tools available to Yale users such as the iPoll application, and advanced tips tailored to researchers interested in downloading and using the data. Interested participants will have the opportunity to follow up with questions specific to their projects. 

Introducing the Yale Dataverse

March 4, 2025
3 PM - 4 PM
Location: Sterling Memorial Library - Lecture Hall
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The session will delve into the collaboration between the Data Intensive Social Science Center and Yale University Library that brought about the Yale Dataverse. The service model will be described along with current features and capabilities that make it an important resource for data management and sharing.