Data Science for Public Policy

Jeffrey C. Chen: (1) Affiliated Researcher, Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of CambridgeEdward A. Rubin: (1) Assistant Professor, University of Oregon (Dept. of Economics)Gary J. Cornwall: (1) Research Economist, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

• An Introduction.- The Case for Programming.- Elements of Programming.- Transforming Data.- Record Linkage.- Exploratory Data Analysis.- Regression Analysis.- Framing Classification.- Three Quantitative Perspectives.- Prediction.- Cluster Analysis.- Spatial Data.- Natural Language.- The Ethics of Data Science.- Developing Data Products.- Building Data Teams.- Appendix A: Planning a Data Product.- Appendix B: Interview Questions.