Quantitative Evaluation Methods

Description from DukeHub

Problems in quantifying policy target variables such as unemployment, crime, and poverty. Experimental and nonexperimental methods for evaluating the effect of public programs, including topics in experimental design, regression analysis, and simulation. Graduate status only. Prerequisite: Public Policy Studies 604 or equivalent.

Skills

• data and statisticstitle: "quantitative"
• financetitle: "evaluation"
• policy and lawdepartment: PUBPOL
• research methodsAI review: "Experimental and nonexperimental methods for evaluating the effect of public programs"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "policy"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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