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Data Analysis in Social Science — Assessing Your Knowledge.
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Data Analysis in Social Science — Assessing Your Knowledge.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Learn the methods for harnessing and analyzing data to answer questions of cultural, social, economic, and policy interest, and then assess that knowledge-- Part of the MITx MicroMasters program in Statistics and Data Science.

12 hrs/week4 weeksEnglish32,079 enrolled
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About this Course

To learn more about this MicroMasters program, please visit https://micromasters.mit.edu/ds/ . This course is an assessment that tests your knowledge on the course content from 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists . Learners are eligible to take this assessment only if they have passed 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists . All learners who have become eligible within the past year have already been automatically enrolled for this assessment. If you are eligible but have not been enrolled or have not received an email notification, please contact us asap at [email protected] with your edX username, along with a proof (learners record or screenshot of your progress page) that you have obtained 50% or above in 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists . You must upgrade to become a verified learner to take this assessment. 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists is a statistics and data analysis course that will introduce you to the essential notions of probability and statistics. It will cover techniques in modern data analysis: estimation, regression and econometrics, prediction, experimental design, randomized control trials (and A/B testing), machine learning, and data visualization. It will illustrate these concepts with applications drawn from real world examples and frontier research. Finally, it will provide instruction for how to use the statistical package R and opportunities for students to perform self-directed empirical analyses. This assessment course should only be taken by learners who have completed and passed 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists and intend to pursue the MicroMasters credential in Statistics and Data Science. To get credit in this MicroMasters program: Enroll in both this assessment course and the content course 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists (Note: There is no additional fee to enroll in the content course), Complete the content course 14.310x with a passing grade, Come back to this course and take the exam to earn your verified certificate that will count toward the MicroMasters credential in Statistics and Data Science. This assessment course, along with the content course 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists , is part of the MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science . Master the skills needed to be an informed and effective practitioner of data science. You will complete this course and three others from MITx, at a similar pace and level of rigor as an on-campus course at MIT, and then take a virtually-proctored exam to earn your MicroMasters, an academic credential that will demonstrate your proficiency in data science or accelerate your path towards an MIT PhD or a Master's at other universities. To learn more about this program, please visit https://micromasters.mit.edu/ds/ .

What You'll Learn

  • Intuition behind probability and statistical analysis
  • How to summarize and describe data
  • A basic understanding of various methods of evaluating social programs
  • How to present results in a compelling and truthful way
  • Skills and tools for using R for data analysis

Prerequisites

  • IMPORTANT: You must first complete 14.310x - Data Analysis for Social Scientists with a passing grade in order to take this assessment. Please see the FAQ's below for more detail.

Instructors

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Esther Duflo

Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

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Sara Fisher Ellison

Senior Lecturer, Economics

Topics

Machine Learning
A/B Testing
Data Science
Social Sciences
Econometrics
R (Programming Language)
Statistical Packages
Data Visualization
Self-Discipline
Probability And Statistics
Statistics
Data Analysis

Course Info

PlatformedX
LevelAdvanced
PacingUnknown
CertificateAvailable
PriceFree to Audit

Skills

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اختبار أ/ب
علوم البيانات
العلوم الاجتماعية
الاقتصاد القياسي
R (Programming Language)
Statistical Packages
Data Visualization
Self-Discipline
Probability And Statistics

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