Building the capacity needed to accelerate the effective use of new data.
“Data, data everywhere, we have to stop and think“
with apologies to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Our approach was cited as the first Federal example of Secure Access to Confidential Data of the final report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (page 70).
Program directors Rayid Ghani, Frauke Kreuter, and Julia Lane are also co-editors of “Big Data and Social Science: A Practical Guide to Methods and Tools.”, the text book for the class.
TRAINING
Our training programs provide cutting-edge analytics skills and apply them to real world micro-data to help solve real world problems.
COMPUTING
The Administrative Data Research Facility (ADRF) provides a secure platform to host confidential micro-data, serving as a trusted partner for data providers and analysts.
CONNECTING
OUR TEAM
We are a diverse group of data scientists, economists, statisticians, and software engineers. Our mission is to substantially improve how data are used and analyzed, especially in the context of public policy.