Introduction

Love Data Week is coming back to FSU in 2024! Love Data Week, or LDW, is an international event where individuals and groups are encouraged to host and participate in activities related to any and all data. It occurs every week that Valentine’s Day lands, and focuses on helping people learn about the best data management practices and methods for interpreting data. LDW was started in 2015 and is headed by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. For those looking to learn more about data or are interested in statistics, this is an excellent opportunity to ask questions and get started!

Events

Because looking at raw data can sometimes be boring, we’re spicing things up this year by including two new activities!

Be a smartie and guess the Smarties

On Tuesday, Feb. 13 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM we’ll be right inside the entrance of Strozier. On Thursday, Feb. 15 from 1:00 – 3:00 PM we’ll be inside the entrance of Dirac. We’ll have a jar of Smarties at the table, with a list of numbers from a normal distribution on hand.

From there, you’ll have to guess the number of smarties in the jar, and the person with the closest guess will win them all! You’ll also have the opportunity to spin a wheel to obtain a small prize after answering a data-related question.

Hot Chocolate Genius Bar

On Friday, Feb. 16 from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM in Dirac we will be hosting a hot chocolate bar event. Priority access will be given to the first 40 students, so get there early! This time, instead of Smarties, you’ll get to guess the number of mini marshmallows.

Workshops

We will be offering several workshops throughout the week. These are exciting opportunities for you to come and learn about a variety of topics related to data. Check out one or all of the workshops! More information is below:

“Touchdowns and Turnovers: A Playbook for Super Bowl Wagers” — Presented by Dr. David Pifer, Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management. Friday, February 9, 2024 @ 2 pm in the Zimmerman Room (Strozier Library).

“Introduction to Data Science” — Presented by FSU Libraries Data Fellows (Reagan Bourne, Sahil Chugani, Carlos Bravo.) Monday, February 12, 2024 @ 5 pm in the Dirac Instruction Room (Dirac Science Library) and virtually on Zoom. Register here.

“Open Practices for Data Sharing” — Presented by Dr. Sara Hart on Wednesday, February 14 @ 2 pm on Zoom. Register here.

Blog Posts

In addition to the wonderful events that are occurring during Love Data Week, we will be publishing several blog posts. One will introduce the new Data Fellow at FSU, Carlos Bravo. In this post, you’ll learn all about what made them become a data fellow and how they became passionate about data analysis and management techniques. Our second post will be all about research data management (RDM). You will learn all about what research data management is, why it is important, and some examples of RDM from different fields. A third post, written by our Social Sciences Research & Data Librarian, Mila Turner, will discuss data justice.

Contact/Resources

For more information about any data questions/concerns you may have, you can either check out https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/ or contact Dr. Nick Ruhs, our resident Research Data Management Librarian, at nruhs@fsu.edu .

This blog post was written by Sahil Chugani (Senior STEM Data Fellow) from FSU Libraries.