Data Analytics and Social Sciences

法学与社会类, 理工类, 社会学, 计算机与信息技术
美国, 北美
本科
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About the concentration in Data Analytics and Social Sciences

Combine the analytical tools of data science with an applied understanding of the social sciences. The Data Analytics and Social Sciences concentration offers the opportunity to integrate data analytics with insight into historical, political, economic, or behavioral contexts. In this degree concentration, you develop statistical and data programming skills to address real-world problems, learn to make and persuasively communicate data-driven decisions, and customize your studies with courses in global and area studies, organizational anthropology, leadership, and other social sciences.

The concentration in Data Analytics and Social Sciences prepares you to:

  • Implement and interpret basic regression models
  • Understand advanced predictive modeling and machine learning
  • Implement and analyze surveys
  • Design experiments and A/B tests to test solutions and address problems
  • Develop skills in statistical programming and data analysis in R
  • Apply skills and knowledge to solve real-world problems
  • Understand how to make complex information accessible to audiences through effective visualization
  • Develop effective rhetorical strategies and skills to persuade specific audiences through visual, written and multimedia communication
  • Demonstrate knowledge of analytical tools used in social sciences
  • Learn conceptual frameworks to enable you to make connections between courses in different fields

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