North East Association for Institutional Research

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Love Data Week - Promoting Data Literacy and Engagement Through Collaborative Events
5/28/2025
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NEAIR Membership Networking Event (May 2025)
5/29/2025
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Working with Flawed Survey Data
6/5/2025
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Survey Design Essentials: Avoiding Bias and Maximizing Validity
6/11/2025
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Integrating Quarto with RStudio: A Roadmap to Streamline Institutional Research Operations
6/25/2025
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Developing a Data Literacy Program Using a Data Governance Lens
7/23/2025
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Integrating Generative AI into the Institutional Research Workflow
7/30/2025
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A Strengths-based Approach to Retention through Microsurveys
8/6/2025
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How to Access, Manage, and Analyze Data to Improve Student Success
8/21/2025
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Build your own IR AI assistant - Where Innovation Meets Data Security
8/26/2025
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Writing Feasibility Studies for Institutional Growth
9/23/2025
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Data Visualization and Dashboard with Datawrapper
9/25/2025
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Purchase a Sponsorship for 2025 NEAIR Annual Conference
11/8/2025 - 11/11/2025
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Events in the next 30 days...

NEAIR Membership Networking Event (May 2025)

5/29/2025

Join us for another NEAIR membership networking event - members at all stages of their career are invited to meet one another and discuss topics from the perspectives of their experiences within IR.

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Love Data Week - Promoting Data Literacy and Engagement Through Collaborative Events

5/28/2025

The University of Maryland has used Love Data Week as a vehicle to engage campus in conversations that promote data literacy. From the initial foray in 2023, which included a small number of staff focused sessions conducted by IR, Love Data Week at UMD has grown to a program of 17 sessions for students, faculty, and staff conducted by units across the institution. Additionally, interactive online and in person activities were added to engage a broader set of individuals. These provide a way for people across campus to engage in dialogue about data, appropriate use, privacy, and resources available to campus.

This session will blend demonstrations of what UMD has done with conversation and interactive activities to get you planning your own events.

Presenter: Michelle Appel, University of Maryland

Members - $40
Non-Members - $75

Virtual Webinar --- Wednesday, May 28, 2025; 10:00-11:30 AM

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Working with Flawed Survey Data

6/5/2025

In the real world of IR/IE, perfect survey data do not exist. Low response rates, disengaged respondents, and unrepresentative samples are common challenges that can compromise survey validity — yet these issues are often ignored. This workshop equips IR/IE professionals with strategies to analyze flawed survey data and extract meaningful insights. This workshop is primarily designed for folks who analyze survey data in Excel or R, but can benefit others.

Key topics include:

Detecting and managing low-effort survey responses
Addressing small sample sizes, unrepresentative samples, and omitted variable bias
Selecting surveys with higher likelihood of yielding valid insights
Communicating data limitations to stakeholders

Presenter: Steve Sherrin, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Virtual Webinar --- Thursday, June 5, 2025; 10:30 AM - NOON

Members - $40
Non-Members - $75

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Survey Design Essentials: Avoiding Bias and Maximizing Validity

6/11/2025

Surveys are a powerful tool for gathering data, but they are only as good as their design. Bias in surveys can lead to misleading results, poor decision-making, and wasted resources. In this webinar, you’ll learn practical strategies to design surveys that minimize bias and produce more accurate data. Through engaging examples and quizzes, you’ll explore common pitfalls in survey design and how to avoid them.

What You’ll Learn:

How to identify and mitigate common sources of survey bias.
Techniques for writing clear, unbiased, and effective survey questions.
Best practices for designing response options and rating scales.
Strategies to improve the overall reliability and validity of your surveys.

Technology requirements:

A computer or device with internet access to join the webinar.
A willingness to participate in interactive quizzes (no special software required).

Members: $40
Non-Members: $75

Presenter: Lynda Zhang, Harvard University

Virtual Webinar: Wednesday, June 11, 2025; 2:00-3:30 PM