Data Analysis for PolicyMaking in Georgia
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Module 5 · 20 min · 5 pages

Building Your Policy Finding

~20 min total · Earn: Finding Builder

Turn data into a defensible claim: choose the right comparison, write in plain language, and sanity-check your numbers.

Research Question Specific & answerable Data Finding One number that matters Interpretation What it means & limits Policy Recommendation Actionable & scoped ⚠ Avoid Overclaiming Causation from correlation Wrong baseline Jargon The Policy Claim Chain · Module 5
Module 5 overview diagram. Diagram: research question → data finding → interpretation → policy recommendation, with common overclaiming pitfalls.

Pages in this module

  1. 5.1 Anatomy of a policy claim
  2. 5.2 Choosing the right comparison
  3. 5.3 Writing up a finding
  4. 5.4 Sanity-checking your numbers
  5. 5.5 Module 5 checkpoint