Handbook

Technological advance means that the range of data available to support policy leadership is constantly evolving. While professional experience will provide some knowledge of particular data types and possibilities, it is difficult to grasp the breadth or keep up with the pace of data advance. However, policy leaders need to know how to request, design and interpret data for its reliability, validity and relevance as evidence. This course will focus on the range of data sets currently available, how they should be interrogated and ways they should be presented to support policy and political decision-making.