Building Social Science Data Analytics and Visualization Skills through Cross-Disciplinary Urban Research

这项研究的主要目标是提高数据分析技能，并应用数据分析来了解当地和全球社区当前的城市问题。该项目解决了数字扫盲，数据知识的民主化，以及跨学科的合作研究，在生产的知识是相关的公共高等教育服务的社区的重要性。该项目旨在了解跨学科研究如何加强对城市当代生活复杂性的理解，越来越多地使用数字技术和平台，为资源，服务和商品的交付提供信息。该项目通过教育和研究活动促进跨学科研究，提出社会科学和STEM领域的学科特定技能，开发数据分析和可视化工具，以解决城市社区面临的社会经济，健康，行为，社会正义和气候变化挑战。通过数据分析和可视化工具，提高从事相关和强大的城市研究的教师和学生的研究和体验能力。该项目利用多方法项目评估方法，定量和定性地研究由“城市研究数据分析和可视化中心”支持的教育和研究活动。支持和评估的活动包括数据分析和可视化研讨会和课程开发，以及教师和学生的跨学科研究。研究方法包括调查，与中心领导层，顾问委员会，教师和学生的非正式和正式访谈，以说明中心的产品支持数字素养，知识管理，和交叉-该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的评估来支持。影响审查标准。

The primary goal of this research is to promote data analyze skills and apply data analytics to understand current urban issues in local and global communities. This project addresses the importance of digital literacy, the democratization of data knowledge, and cross-disciplinary collaborative research in the production of knowledge that is relevant to the communities served by public higher education. The project seeks to understand how cross-disciplinary research strengthens the understanding of the complexity of contemporary living in cities with an increasing use of digital technologies and platforms that inform the delivery of resources, services, and goods. This project fosters cross-disciplinary research by bringing forward discipline-specific skills in the social sciences and STEM via educational and research activities to develop data analytics and visualization tools to address socioeconomic, health, behavioral, social justice, and climate change challenges confronting urban communities. Thereby increasing the research and experiential capacity of faculty and students engaged in relevant and robust urban research supported by data analytics and visualization tools.The project utilizes a multi-method program evaluation approach to quantitatively and qualitatively study educational and research activities supported by the “Center for Data Analytics and Visualization in Urban Research.” Among the activities supported and evaluated are data analytics and visualization workshops and curriculum development, and faculty and student cross-disciplinary research. The research methods include surveys, informal and formal interview with The Center leadership, advisory board, faculty, and students to account for the multiple ways in which The Center’s offerings support digital literacy, knowledge management, and cross-disciplinary urban research at Kean University.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.