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POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course will provide students with an understanding of how data is currently used to inform decision making and how data might be used more effectively to inform business, service delivery and policy questions. The course will build on student knowledge across a range of analytical techniques with a focus on the practical application of these techniques to real world problems. It is structured around a number of case studies drawn from business, the community sector and the public sector. Key themes include: - the ways in which data and empirical analysis can help inform real world decisions; - strengths and weaknesses of different types of data and empirical evidence; - the assumptions underlying some of the main analytical techniques used in decision making; and, - how to use data persuasively- how to used data in a tactical and strategic way.
Class participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Written Critique (1,500 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Data Report (2,500 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Oral presentation of data report (Assignment 2) (10 minutes)
Learning outcomes 4
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: face-to-face lectures, tutorials and online activities. b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
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