Everyone Uses Research Data | Exceptional Scholarship with Research Data, Part 1

Cutting-edge, contemporary research increasingly relies on data-driven analysis. Even outside academia, we can’t stop hearing about data. Machines recording data always lie within arm’s reach, and items about data permeate the news. But what is data? And how can we use data effectively in our research? --- Narration by Madiha Zahrah Choksi with Esther M. Jackson, Meesha Meksin, Moacir P. de Sá Pereira, and Jeremiah Trinidad-Christensen Music by Jeremiah & Josiah Trinidad-Christensen Screenplay by Moacir P. de Sá Pereira and Jeremiah Trinidad-Christensen Drawings by Moacir P. de Sá Pereira Sound Editing and Mixing by Jon E. Hanford Animation by Kindea Labs Additional Animation and Editing by Jon E. Hanford CC-BY-SA 2023 This video is part of the course, “Exceptional Scholarship with Research Data,” funded by a Columbia University Provost’s Innovative Teaching Award, 2021, in partnership with Columbia University Libraries Research Data Services and the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning.