Public officials and research analysts have to make, recommend, or evaluate policy-related decisions or strategic directions using empirical data as evidence to ensure their decisions will have meaningful and positive impacts on the
Lives of citizens and other stakeholders.
For this reason, the ISER’s virtual training programme, developed by experienced and skilled academic researchers, aims to improve skills on data collection, management and analyses across different sections of the public sector. The programme further presents training on how to write policy briefs and reports that present results from analyses and share information across public platforms for varied audiences.
YOU WILL LEARN TO:
-Follow best practice and procedures in collecting, generating, cleaning and storing data
-Work with imperfect data without compromising integrity
-Work with the most commonly used data software
-Manipulate and organise data (and datasets) in a way that answers evaluative questions
in response to key policy objectives and outcomes
-Interpret the results accurately to advance the work of departments
-Present answers to evaluative questions using a variety of descriptive tools