The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration funded a suite of Applied Data Analytics training classes delivered by the Coleridge Initiative, in partnership with the state of Arkansas and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA). The training classes focused on the cross-section of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs and services linked to employment and wage outcomes. Accepted class participants learned and applied data analytic approaches to linked Arkansas SNAP, TANF, WIOA, and Unemployment Insurance (UI) employment and wage data to better understand the impacts of these programs on individuals, families, and communities.
This repository contains the class materials for the Arkansas Applied Data Analytics training program.
Data Sources Used for the Class:
- Arkansas Office of Skills Development
- Arkansas Department of Human Services
- Arkansas Department of Workforce Services
- Arkansas Department of Higher Education
Class Program
Day 1 - Overview, Project Scoping, and Privacy, Confidentiality, and Ethics
Day 2 - Dataset Introductions and Project Scoping
Day 3 - Exploratory Data Analysis
Day 4 - Record Linkage and Data Model
Day 5 - Cross-Sectional Analysis
Day 6 - Cohort Analysis
Day 7 - Measurement
Day 8 - Project Status Presentations
Day 9 - Missingness and Inference
Day 10 - Contextualizing Employment
Day 11 - Visualization
Day 12 - Communicating Results and Exporting Data