- Introduction
- Data analysis and decision making
- Questionnaire 1.1
- What is evidence-based decision-making?
- Questionnaire 1.2
- Module conclusion
Beginner
Online
10 Weeks
Free
Quick facts
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Learning efforts
3-4 Hours Per Week
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Course overview
In the Data for Effective Policy Making certification course, enrolled candidates will learn to use, understand and analyze information. The course will help candidates improve their decision-making process using "growth statistics" and "Caribbean data gateway" platforms, which present data and socio-economic indicators from the Caribbean region and Latin America.
After completing the course, the applicants will gain knowledge about tools for data navigation, simulation, and interpretation of visualization. They will also understand how to apply different types of data analysis based on the policies that are implemented. The course is built on real-life experiences to help students get an easy, realistic, and enjoyable understanding of various ideas and methods. Through various useful activities, candidates will learn to apply their acquired knowledge and use graphs and data. The self-paced programme can be taken in two different enrolment options; verified and free audit. In the free mode, they audit the course for a limited period.
The highlights
- Complete online course
- 100% self-paced curriculum
- Accredited by IDBx
- Introductory level course
- Specialization in mathematics
- Course offered by edX
Program offerings
- Lectures
- Assessments
- Instructor support
- Reading materials
- Feedback
- Videos
Course and certificate fees
Type of course
- Candidates can go for the “audit course” option if they want to learn it for free otherwise they can go for the “verified certificate” option and for that, they need to pay the Data for Effective Policy Making fees of Rs. 2,083 .
Data for Effective Policy Making fees are as follows -
Particulars | Amount |
Course fee | Free |
Certification fee | Rs. 2,083 |
certificate availability
certificate providing authority
certificate fees
Eligibility criteria
Work experience
Candidates do not need any past work experience to enroll in the Data for Effective Policy Making course by Edx.
Education
No past educational qualification is needed to enrol in the course.
What you will learn
In the Data for Effective Policy Making course, candidates will learn:
- The significance of the connection between data analysis and public policy decision-making.
- Identify the study dilemma, initiate the theory, analytical variables, and some hypothesis testing methods.
- Identify the most effective approach for the issue of data collection, interpretation, and analysis.
- In specific samples from the numbers for the development platform and the Caribbean data portal, candidates can interpret and create various types of visualizations.
- To suggest responses to public policy issues, clarify the evaluation of a policy, and carry out policy preparations, candidates identify how to use data analyses.
- Access the IDB's Caribbean data portal numbers and its various pages.
- The ways to be more efficient in decision-making in public management.
Admission details
Students are requested to follow the given procedure to enroll for the Data for Effective Policy Making online course -
- Step 1: Visit the official link and get a complete guide to the course modules, assignments, and grading pattern.
- Step 2: After confirming the details for the entire course, go for the option “enrol now”.
- Step 3: Candidates can use either Google or Facebook accounts to sign in on the Edx platform.
- Step 4: Two options pop up on the screen, the candidate can go for either the ‘certificate verified’ option or the ‘audit course’ option.
- Step 5: If the candidate chooses the ‘verified certificate audit’ option, they need to pay the fees or go for the ‘audit the course’ option.
- Step 6: Registration is successfully done.
The syllabus
Module 1: The importance of data in decision-making
Module 2: Converting concepts into measurable parameters
- Introduction
- Select appropriate values
- Questionnaire 2.1
- Identify the study problem
- Questionnaire 2.2
- Module conclusion
Module 3: Understanding data analysis
- Introduction
- Types of studies
- Questionnaire 3.1
- The collection of the data
- Questionnaire 3.2
- Questionnaire 3.3
- Methods of data analysis
- Module conclusion
Module 4: Displaying the results
- Introduction
- Visualization
- How to interpret visualization?
- Questionnaire 4.1
- Questionnaire 4.2
- Module conclusion
Module 5: Closing the loop: from data to planning
- Introduction
- Policy evaluation
- Questionnaire 5.1
- From data analysis to planning
- Questionnaire 5.2
- Module conclusion
Scholarship Details
Edx provides financial assistance to those who opt for a verified certificate track to complete the course.
How it helps
The Data for Effective Policy Making certification is beneficial for candidates who want to pursue the same field in the future. They would learn how to use, understand and interpret data.The candidates will learn how to improve the decision-making process in public management by using the “numbers for development” and “Carribean data portal” platforms developed by the IDB. At the end of the course, candidates will gain the tools to navigate data, understand different types of data analysis and perform and interpret visualizations. They will learn the foundations to be able to make decisions on verifiable data. Students will get the certificate after completing the Data for Effective Policy Making certification course.
Instructors
Ms Norma Palomino
Instructor
IDB
Other Masters, Ph.D
Ms Ivette Fis de Melo
Instructor
IDB
Other Bachelors, Other Masters
FAQs
No, certification will be only provided to candidates after they avail the verified track by paying the fees.
The fees for the certificate option are Rs.1,821 only.
The Data for Effective Policy Making programme is an introductory level course and it can help the candidates pursue further associated courses in the same field.
The associated program that students can pursue is “Results-Based Project Management.” It is a certification course.
Yes, Edx provides financial support to the candidates who are interested in pursuing the paid version of the course.
The lectures for this course are delivered via online mode. Candidates can access the entire course material on the Edx dashboard after signing in to it.
The main components are decision making, effective management, data analysis and hypothesis for testing the concepts.
It is a ten-week course that candidates can complete at their own speed.
IDBx presents and accredits this online course on the Edx platform with the options of certificate and non-certificate courses.
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