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Data Insights for Public Policy: Using “Social Explorer”
Join the Love Data Week library workshop series to learn the basics of using Social Explorer (a platform used for finding and comparing current and historical census data and more) to gather social, cultural, and economic data. Social Explorer can help you streamline your demographic research and save you research time through its extensive collection of data, mapping tools, and user-friendly interface.
This one-hour workshop will cover how to navigate Social Explorer, the types of information you can gather there, and how to interpret and use the visuals provided to aid your research. By learning how to use Social explorer, you can learn how to better support your public policy research with data-backed insight and visualization.
More information about Social Explorer:
Social Explorer provides easy access to demographic information about the United States. They also provide thousands of interactive data maps going back to 1790, so you can see information represented visually. Social Explorer is a digital tool that allows you to access demographic, economic, business, health, religion, crime, etc. data in both visual and traditional report format. Includes U.S. Census Data back to 1790, as well as specialized sources like the FBI Uniform Crime Reports, election data, and more.
- Date:
- Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 12:50pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Hunt Library - Room 308
- Campus:
- Hunt Library
- Audience:
- Alumni Faculty Pittsburgh community Students
- Categories:
- Working With Data and Code
Directions for getting to Hunt Library, Room 308:
Take the stairs or elevators to the 3rd floor and turn left. You'll find Room 308 around the corner from the water fountain across from the Women's restroom.
Workshops and events for Carnegie Mellon University Libraries are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, ancestry, belief, veteran status or genetic information. All participants are required to follow the Code of Conduct.
If you require accessibility accommodations, please contact the event organizer.
