Empirical Research and Data Services

Provides links to government statistics websites.

The Knowing Machines podcast is hosted by Tamar Avishai, and explains how we train AI systems to interpret the world. If you want to go deeper on understanding generative AI, this limited series podcast answers what it is, how we got here, why it matters, and how it might impact our lives. The Knowing Machines podcast has themed episodes featuring groundbreaking research on the social, legal, cultural, environmental, and political impacts of these new systems at a pivotal time.

This course provides an introduction to the quantitative methods social scientists use to collect and evaluate empirical data about society. Through this course you will learn to gather, describe, and analyze data with an emphasis on the application and interpretation of these methods. This course will also help you to be a more informed and critical reader of academic research, public opinion polling, and advertisement claims that present statistical evidence.