Data Analytics for Policy Research

#WebPolicyLearning | A 6-Week Immersive Online Hands-On Certificate Training Course on Data Analytics for Policy Research

#IMPRI Generation Alpha Data Center (GenAlphaDC), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi invites you to #WebPolicyLearning –

A 6-Week Immersive Online Hands-On Certificate Training Course on

Data Analytics for Policy Research

Dates: October 15 – November 19, 2022 (Six Consecutive Saturdays)
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom

Course Fee: ₹ 6999 (inclusive of GST)

About the Course: Data Analytics for Policy Research

For Whom: Data and Policy enthusiasts – including students, professionals, researchers, and any individual looking for a comprehensive foundation to data-based policy research

Course Structure:

The course will be spread across six weekend live sessions of 2.5 hours. Along with this, datasets for hands-on practice will be provided for data analysis and learning. Participants will be required to make a submission for evaluation at the end of the course, to obtain the certificate, specific details of which will be shared during the course.

This course comprises hands-on data learning sessions and various expert sessions on data discourses.

Hands-on Data Learning Sessions:

• Review of Mathematical Statistics and Techniques

  • Random Variable
  • Sample, Population, Parameters, Random Sampling and Test Statistics
  • Data Generating Process – Time, Cross Section and Panel
  • Probability distributions (Normal, Chi-square, t and F)
  • F, t, and Chi-Square Test Statistics
  • Inference – Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
  • Parameter Estimation (Methods of Moments, Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Ordinary Least Square)
  • Dependent vis-à-vis Independent Variables
  • Properties of Estimator

• Econometrics

  • Methodology of Econometrics
  • Classical Linear Regression Model (CLRM) and Multiple Linear Regression Model (MLRM) – Estimation and Inference
  • Different Functional Forms
  • Matrix algebra of multivariate regression
  • Time Series Analysis (Stationarity, Cointegration, Error Correction Model, Forecasting)
  • Concept, and use of Moment Condition
  • Test for exogeniety
  • Deviation from classical linear assumptions
  • Qualitative and dummy variables

• Regression Diagnostics

  • Multicollinearity
  • Heteroscedasticity
  • Autocorrelations
  • Model Specification Errors

• Regression Analysis with Qualitative variables – Categorical Dependent Variable Regression (including Logit and Probit Model)
• Data Reduction – Factor Analysis and Principal Component Analysis

These hands-on sessions and exercises will be provided in Microsoft Excel, which can also be used in any statistical software. Please note: access to Excel is mandatory for the course.

Data Discourses: Expert Sessions

• Introduction to Statistical Programming Software – EVIEWS and Stata
• Sampling and Surveys
• Research Ethics in Primary Data Collection and Analysis
• The Statistical System in India and an Introduction to Various Official and Other Databases
• India’s Macroeconomic Data
• Data and Policy Research in Practice – Reporting and Analysis Writing
• Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis in Feminist Research
• Quantitative Data Analysis in International Trade
• Financial Data
• Quantitative Socio-Economic and Regional Data Analysis
• Spatial Data Analysis – Introduction to GIS and Visualisation

Reading resources will be shared with the participants.

Convenors and Expert Trainers:

Prof Vibhuti Patel
Visiting Professor, IMPRI;
Former Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Dr Soumyadip Chattopadhyay
Associate Professor, Economics,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan;
Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI

Prof Nalin Bharti
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna;
Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI

Prof Gummadi Sridevi
Professor, School of Economics, University of Hyderabad;
Visiting Senior Fellow, IMPRI

Prof Utpal K. De
Professor, Department of Economics,
North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong;
Visiting Professor, IMPRI

Prof Nilanjan Banik
Professor and Program Director (BA, Economics and Finance),
Mahindra University, Hyderabad

Dr Amar Jesani
Independent Researcher and Teacher (Bioethics and Public Health);
Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

Dr Ismail Haque
Fellow, ICRIER and Visiting Fellow, IMPRI

Dr Arjun Kumar
Director, IMPRI

Registration Form

Link to Registration Form: https://forms.gle/vsR5cHqbGC5Y5WzH9

Payment of Course Fee

NOTE: Do not proceed to pay without filling the registration form given above or at https://forms.gle/vsR5cHqbGC5Y5WzH9 registration will NOT be approved without submission of the registration form.

Payment Link: https://rzp.io/l/daprimpri

Queries may be directed at: learningatimpri@gmail.com

Videos:

Day 1: https://youtu.be/yTQaq8_bTdg

Day 2: https://youtu.be/kxHsQ7-Xiko

Day 3: https://youtu.be/KmafOj_V_XY

Day 4: https://youtu.be/W2cc4KJSPZI

Day 5: https://youtu.be/oQa05MD6QwU

Day 6: https://youtu.be/0NONq8fDCw8