#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)
Discounted Fee:
For Professionals: INR 5499 | For Students: INR 3999To avail the discounted course fee for students, please write in to learningatimpri@gmail.com.

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
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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
Additional Details
Registration Deadline Time - 12:00 AM