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DATA MANAGEMENT FOR EDUCATION POLICY ANALYSIS

ELPA 823
Course Description

Focuses on the knowledge and skills required to support rigorous quantitative inquiry. Acquire and import data; combine (merge/append) multiple data sets; organize directories and files for optimal workflow; clean data; document data manipulations for reproducibility and transparency; write code to facilitate collaboration; and summarize data in visual (graph, chart, map) and tabular forms.

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Graduate/professional standing

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