#  Exploratory Data Analysis: What is it, and why does it matter in the age of big surveys and AI? 

 



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**Presentation Date:** Friday, February 6, 2026.  
**Location:** Harvard College Observatory.

A talk given to students at the Student and Faculty Forum at the Harvard College Observatory on Friday, February 6, 2026.

Files included on [Alyssa Goodman's Dataverse](https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/O4NQ9Q) are Keynote slides (in .key and .pdf formats).



 

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