Data in Education

Catalog description

Educational data and quantitative data analyses have come to play a powerful role in the way we govern our schools. In this course, students will learn to be critical consumers and skilled producers of such analyses. In the applied portion of this class, students will learn data management, analysis, and visualization strategies by working with real data gathered in educational settings to answer research questions of policy and practical interest. Satisfies a requirement in the Educational Studies minor. Satisfies a requirement in the Digital Studies interdisciplinary minor. Counts as an elective in the Data Science interdisciplinary minor. Satisfies a Mathematical and Quantitative Thought requirement.