NAEPSDP 2015 Annual Conference

Each year the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) collects data on clientele contacts, volunteers, programming effort, and outcomes (i.e., change in knowledge, behavior, condition) from hundreds of faculty statewide to fulfill our federal and state accountability reporting needs. Just like every other state.

In addition to this work, Extension evaluators have been collecting public opinion data on specific issues facing the state to a) identify knowledge gaps, b) determine where extension efforts should be placed and c) determine how audience segmentation can be applied to reach specific groups needing extension programming.

Data visualization, or viz, is the process of communicating results using charts, tables, flow diagrams, maps, dashboards, etc.  When data is displayed in this way, users can more easily see patterns, identify trends and outliers, and discover new insights. A good data viz will engage the user and be thought provoking.