PAF G 620 -- Analytic Skills for Policy Analysis I
Spring I - 3 credits
MSPA Program
UMass Boston

Skills for Policy Analysis. This course will introduce a variety of policy analysis tools for policymakers and public managers/administrators; provide an overview of how public policy is shaped by research and numerical data; encourage students to generate research questions and match research methods to the questions; teach how to interpret numerical data in tables, charts, research reports and articles; introduce basic statistical results as they inform public policy decision making.

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