ELGL (“Engaging Local Government Leaders“) is excited to announce two 2021 Data Analysis Cohorts, a pair of six-week skills-based cohorts for local governments interested in refreshing their basic data analysis skills or exploring the technologies available for data analysis work. This cohort is being developed by rockstar ELGL’er Jason Jones and the ELGL Brain Trust.Part of ELGL’s Local Gov Cohorts Program and the 2021 Data Citizenship series, these cohorts are designed to help public service professionals identify opportunities, increase knowledge, and build relationships with peers across the country and the world.
Data Analysis 101: six weeks, Jan 15 – March 1 2021
- Basics of data analysis, data collection and end user / input user functions
- Cleaning and organizing data
- Qualitative and quantitative data and their differences
- Utilizing data to tell accurate stories & inform policy decisions
- Problems with data: inherent bias, relevancy, and more
- Activities: refresher / beginner activities with spreadsheets and open data
Data Analysis 201: six weeks, February 15 – April 1, 2021
- Utilizing data to tell accurate stories & inform policy decisions
- Problems with data: inherent bias, relevancy, and more
- Making data accessible to communities and departments
- Quality assurance
- Tools review: R, Python, other data tools overviews
- Activities: analysis in different platforms; highlighting data problems; sharing data
