Data can be available from a variety of sources, representing an even wider variety of populations, and available in a multitude of formats. During Love Data Week, the NACDA/data on aging archive within ICPSR will host a webinar highlighting several different datasets and the different ways researchers can access them. This webinar will help attendees to answer the question “whose data is it, anyway?” when browsing resources from NACDA and ICPSR.

NACDA is the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging and is funded by the National Institute on Aging. For more than 40 years, NACDA has sought to support behavioral and social science research on healthy aging worldwide by making longitudinal data resources publicly available.

During this webinar, we will:
Illustrate specific datasets and studies available for secondary research use;
Walkthrough different data access methods (public, restricted, self-publish, etc.);
Discuss the importance of metadata in discoverability.

Participants will also have the opportunity to provide feedback and ask questions.

Ready for #LoveDataWeek 2025? To learn more and ways to participate in #LoveData25 visit http://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek