University of Michigan
Fundamentals of Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R
University of Michigan

Fundamentals of Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R

This course is part of Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R Specialization

Taught in English

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Christopher Brooks
Paula Lantz

Instructors: Christopher Brooks

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

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Some related experience required
14 hours (approximately)
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What you'll learn

  • Understand key terms and concepts in public administration, public policy

  • Learn foundational techniques using the R programming language

  • Create custom functions to analyze population data commonly found in public sector analytics

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There are 5 modules in this course

Welcome to the Data Analytics in the Public Sector with R and the First Course—Fundamentals of Public Sector Data Analysis with R. This week will be your orientation to the certificate and the first course. You will also get to learn several fundamental terms and their definitions that we will frequently use throughout the course and the certificate.

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5 videos7 readings1 quiz1 discussion prompt1 ungraded lab

Welcome to Week 2! You will start this week learning about the core functions of public administration and the role of data analytics in these functions. You will also start developing your skills with RStudio.

What's included

13 videos3 readings2 quizzes1 discussion prompt

Welcome to Week 3! You will learn this week several analysis skills for survey data—one of the most common types of data in the public sector. These skills will allow you to not only understand how survey data could be designed and collected, but also how to analyze such data in RStudio and how to interpret them.

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14 videos2 readings4 quizzes

Welcome to Week 4! You will learn this week several analysis skills for population data—one of the most common types of data in the public sector that allow answering basic population questions. These skills will allow you to not only understand the sources of population data, but also how to analyze such data in RStudio and how to interpret them.

What's included

7 videos1 reading4 quizzes

Welcome to Week 5, the last week in this course! This week, you will get to hear stories from public sector data analysts, with the goal of recognizing the challenges associated with the profession of a data analyst.

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4 videos1 reading1 quiz2 discussion prompts

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Christopher Brooks
14 Courses847,790 learners
Paula Lantz
University of Michigan
5 Courses11,779 learners

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