Preparing Research Leaders
Whether driving policy reforms or advancing academic scholarship, visionary ideas require robust statistical evidence. The Statistics with a Purpose seminar series develops scholarly expertise and technical fluency with invaluable quantitative methods.
Over an intensive term, doctoral students master industry-standard statistical techniques to address both real-world research questions and policy needs. From detecting outcome disparities based on race and class to modeling community-based supports that mitigate recidivism rates, justice data is put through its paces.
Experts support student growth as statistics-savvy research leaders prepared to uncover injustices through academic scholarship and fight them by informing reforms.
The series culminates in a capstone analysis project, with students applying new statistical skills to advance equality and empirically validate interventions in self-selected domains.
Below you will find the 8 course modules included in the Statistics with a Purpose seminar series:
Build fundamental quantitative skills to descriptively and inferentially analyze justice data for policy decisions and reforms.
Manage and prepare real justice datasets. Provides hands-on experience to reinforce understanding of key statistical concepts.
Develop skills in summarizing large justice datasets into compelling reports – critical for clear communication to policymakers.
Learn to evaluate pre/post diffs and compare groups. Assess effectiveness of justice interventions and quantify potential biases.
Efficiently compare three+ groups such as effects of policy changes over time. Assess systematic variances in treatment or outcomes.
Analyze complex multivariate categorical relationships in justice data. Uncover dependencies between two variables.
Model quantitative data to predict key outcomes like recidivism rates. Identify strongest predictive risk and protective factors.
Take predictive modeling skills to the next level. Quantify accuracy of predictions to guide sentencing policy reforms.
