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Class materials

• Project Template (PDF)

• Project Template (Word Document)

• ADRF Do's and Don'ts

• JupyterLab Tips

DATA DOCUMENTATION

Subject Area Model

Logical Data Model

Database Diagram with Linkages

Inference Space Diagram

Data Sharing Agreement

Linkage Model Metadata

Employment Measures Description

• Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor Information Database (RAPIDS)

  • Apprentices Table (rapids_apprentice)

  • Programs Table (rapids_program)

  • Occupations Table (rapids_programoccupation)

• Arkansas Division of Workforce Services (DWS):

  • Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

  • Unemployment Insurance Quarterly Wage (ui_quarterly_wage)

  • Unemployment Insurance Quarterly Wage Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (ui_quarterly_wage_lehd)

• Arkansas Office of Skills Development (OSD)

  • Arkansas Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor Information Database Crosswalk (ar_rapids_xwalk)

• Arkansas Department of Higher Education (DHE):

  • Student Completer (studentcompleter)

• Arkansas Career and Technical Education (CTE):

  • TBD

Recommended Readings

The Big Data and Social Science introductory textbook was created and edited by the Applied Data Analytics program directors, Drs. Ghani, Kreuter, and Lane - while running the initial three Applied Data Analytics training programs for Federal Statistical agencies in 2014-2015. Specific chapters are linked in the project template.

If you have any resources you would like to share with the class, please email us at training@coleridgeinitiative.org.

• C. Waterman, K. Shields, T. McMahon, Work-Based Learning Data Collection Toolkit (Education Development Center INC. 2022).

• Evaluations of Programs with Work-Based Learning.

• Creating a Responsive and Sustainable Statewide Work-Based Learning Structure. A Reference Guide. (National Governors Association).

• State Strategies to Scale Work-Based Learning. Lessons Learned from an NGA Center Policy Academy. (National Governors Association).

• B. Wilson, S. Mehta, Work-Based Learning Policy. 50-State Scan. (National Skills Coalition, April 2017).

*Disclaimer: This reference list is illustrative, not exhaustive. We would be delighted to include any other useful references provided by class participants.