PUBPOL 5362
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PUBPOL 5362
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.
This is a hands-on course in spreadsheet-based modeling and data. This course is designed for professionals who have a basic understanding of Microsoft Excel and want to take their data analysis and quantitative modeling skills to a new level. The footprint is a compilation of highly reusable material that has been selected for its relevance, immediate applicability, and productivity value. Topics include making data usable, developing flexible dashboards to enable insight discovery, and building evaluation models to quantify tradeoffs in the presence of uncertainty. A variety of data analysis and decision problems will be introduced that incorporate relevant concepts from probability, and statistics. User-friendly design and robust construction will be emphasized.
When Offered Fall.
Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) students.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: enrollment in Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) Program.
Outcomes
- Students will convert a raw data set into one that is complete, clean, and ready to use as a dashboard source.
- Students will use user-friendly dashboards to enable discovery and diagnosis.
- Students will build robust evaluation models that assess tradeoffs and incorporate the impact of uncertainty.
Seven Week - First.
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Credits and Grading Basis
0.5 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Online Meeting
- Aug 26 - Sep 28, 2024
Instructors
Douma, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
Enrollment limited to: Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) students.
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