Data Dive 2013

This past weekend was our third annual Data Dive event.  A2 DataDive is a 48-hour event held in service of several nonprofits that seek to explore their datasets and discover creative answers to their research questions.  Non-profits primarily collect data but do not have the capabilities to analyze or manipulate it to provide any useful information.  Data Dive is an opportunity for connect non-profits with people who can transform the data into something meaningful. This year’s non-profits included the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL), the AnnArbor YMCA, and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF).

Volunteers including graduate students of all levels of experience and backgrounds, programmers, developers, data scientists, and statisticians worked throughout the weekend to manipulate data and develop programs to answer research questions.  Together we were able to uncover trends relating to library hold data, visualize grant allocation and impact for the AAACF, and how trends affect YMCA membership.  Please check out the Ann Arbor Data Dive website for more information.