Software Skills for Policy Analysis and Reporting

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce the various techniques and tools used in education policy analysis. Towards that goal, this course aims to introduce students to an array of software platforms and research theory that will help them navigate their course work and individual projects. There are no prerequisites and students will learn the basics of Stata, Excel, R, Qualtrics, Dedoose, and Zotero/Mendeley. The course will give brief introductions to each platform, and instruction on best use in the policy analysis space. This course will teach students to use software to analyze, visualize, and manage data. This course is designed as a preparation for students to conduct data analysis and to build a foundation of the skills necessary to conduct policy analysis.