1. How can I access the data that my group collects, and once I get it, what can I do with it? Theresa Crimmins Partnerships & Outreach Coordinator, USA-NPN

2. GoToMeeting Controls

5. When you’re not speaking: Mute your phone Mute your computer microphone

6. Goals of workshop Briefly review how to download data Explore several types of questions: Summary statistics Participant retention Observer accuracy Phenological patterns

7. Downloading Data

8. Summary statistics

9. Summary statistics… 1.How many records have my individual volunteers submitted in each year of my program? 2.How does my group’s observation activity this year stack up to previous years? (evaluate by month) 3.On how many dates did each of my participants take observations?

10. Participant retention

11. Participant retention… 1.What is my year-to-year observer retention rate? 2.What is my long-term observer retention rate? (what proportion of a cohort is retained over time) 3.How can I plot this?

12. Observer accuracy

13. 1.How well do my volunteers’ reports match mine?

14. Phenological patterns

15. 1.Phenological calendars 2.Relationships between phenology and abiotic variables 3.Spatial patterns *Some of this also covered in data download demo videos Will be covered by new viz tool:

16. New viz tool

18. Learn more! Visualization tool webinar Jul 14 2pm Eastern (1 Cen, 12 Mtn, 11 Pac) Register: www.usanpn.org/nn/webinars

19. What else?

20. Thank you! theresa@usanpn.org @TheresaCrimmins

21. Downloading data