Data Literacy and Evidence Building
Frauke Kreuter and Anna-Carolina Haensch significantly contributed to the design and creation of this interactive training course, a joint venture between NYU Wagner, Accenture, University of Maryland, KYStats, and the Coleridge Initiative. This course offers immersive, hands-on training in data literacy and evidence building.
By utilizing real-world, large scale datasets, participants are given the opportunity to grapple with the application of data in solving pressing societal issues, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, Anna-Carolina Haensch's synthetic datasets of the KYSTATS datasets is employed as a significant learning tool.
A unique aspect of the course design is its focus on value creation through data. Participants are assembled into teams and tasked with using education and workforce data to construct measures of job quality and education credentials. This collaborative, problem-solving approach not only enhances understanding of data manipulation but also provides participants with a practical, applicable skill set.