Put Your Data in the Driver's Seat for Decision-Making

Due to conditions stemming from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, this event has been postponed.  It will either be rescheduled or offered online.  We will post updates when available.

Where: Fairfield University
Dolan School of Business (located on Bellermine Rd-use the Barlow Rd campus entrance)
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824
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When: Wednesday, June 10, 2020|
9:00am - 3:00pm
Note: Registration starts at 7:30am

Workshop Organizer(s):  Jeremy Anderson of Bay Path University & Deborah Gelch of Curry College

Registration Fee:
NERCOMP Member:
Early-bird rate prior to April 29th - $123.25 (15% discount)
Rate April 29th and after - $145

Non Member:
Early-bird rate prior to April 29th- $246.50 (15% discount)
Rate April 29th and after - $290

The registration fee includes am break and lunch.

Event Overview
A key step in data-driven decision-making is pairing institutional data with research questions to drive decisions and strategies. Achieving this level of business intelligence requires the use of tools – both automated and manual – to explore, make sense of, and draw conclusions from well-structured data. 

During this session, we will first demonstrate applications, and underlying data sets, that can assist in decision-making. Building on this, attendees will work in groups to brainstorm questions that potentially could be answered by the tools and provided data. And finally, groups will have a hands-on opportunity to navigate the platforms to arrive at answers that would inform business practices.

We will also take a look at the domain of ethical use of data and hear from practitioners and researchers in the field who will share principles and best practices to ensure that data-driven decisions meet standards for privacy and transparency. 

Session Outcomes:
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
  - Describe and identify differences in automated (machine learning) and manual (dashboards) methods for analyzing data to drive decisions.
  - Interact with automated and manual tools for analyzing data.
  - Formulate research questions that will inform business decisions and analyze data to answer the question.
  - Consider ethical implications for using institutional data derived from student, faculty, and staff interactions to drive decisions. 

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