Free online course from edx: Data for Effective Policy Making

edX offers a new online course called Data for Effective Policy Making provided by The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In this age of information, data is available everywhere and grows at an exponential rate. This Course aims to link between policy makers from all fields and the available data in a way that makes them objective and efficient in various sectors, in addition to, giving a clear vision on how they're implemented.

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About the Course:

In this course, Learners will strengthen their ability to use, understand and interpret data. Using the “Numbers for Development" and “Caribbean Data Portal” platforms developed by the IDB - which presents data and socioeconomic indicators from the Latin American and Caribbean region - they will be able to understand how to improve the decision-making process in public management.

At the end of the course, learners will gain the tools to navigate data, perform and interpret visualizations, and understand the different types of data analysis according to the policy to be implemented. They will also acquire the knowledge necessary to interpret graphs, statistical reports and understand their language. And, most importantly, they will acquire the foundations to be able to base theiur decisions on verifiable data, beyond intuition. The course is based on real-life examples, so you can understand the different concepts and methodologies in a simple, practical and enjoyable way.

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What you'll learn:

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

1. Recognize the importance of the relationship between data analysis and decision-making in public management.
2. Define the research problem, starting hypothesis, analysis variables and some methods to test the hypotheses.
3. Identify the methodology that best addresses the problems for collecting, interpreting and analyzing data.
4. Interpret and develop different types of visualizations, using concrete examples from the Numbers for Development portal and the Caribbean Data Portal.
5. Identify how to use data analysis to propose solutions to public policy problems, and to explain the assessment of a policy, and to carry out policy planning.
6. Browse the IDB’s Numbers for Development and Caribbean Data Portal and its different sections.
7. Browse the structure of the edX platform and the course.

Note: This course is free, but learners can get Verified Certificate for $25 USD.

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