Creating and maintaining sustainable data archives can be challenging, but they offer clear advantages for both national and international research strategies. Multiple researchers can use preserved data to test various hypotheses and increase the return on investment to the expensive data collection process. Having an internally managed archival system also provides greater control and autonomy in the equitable distribution of data resources. This workshop will offer hands-on examples of how to discover data resources, obtain them, and implement them as part of a research strategy. Regardless of whether you are a student looking for a thesis topic, an instructor looking for research material to use in classroom teaching, or an established researcher, the wealth of publicly available data creates almost unlimited opportunities to explore new themes and collaborate with researchers worldwide.
The workshop introduces you to the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) and our worldwide partners. NACDA has existed for over 40 years and freely distributes over 1,600 studies on the lifecourse and health, representing one of the world’s largest research data collections. All researchers attending the conference are welcome to participate, ask questions, and learn about data resources you can use for research, classroom instruction, or in developing a research paper or thesis for your college classes. Our instructors will help you access the wealth of information at your fingertips.
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