Building Statistical Dashboards for Legislative Planning: A hands On Approach

This intensive training is designed for statisticians, data analysts, and planning officers working in legislative or public sector environments. The course introduces participants to the process of building interactive statistical dashboards using the R programming language, with a focus on budgetary and planning-related variables. Participants will learn how to clean, analyze, and visualize budget data, and how to communicate insights effectively through dashboards. The training emphasizes practical, real-world applications of R tools such as ggplot2, dplyr, shiny, and flexdashboard.

By the end of this 5 day  training, participants will be equipped to develop dynamic dashboards that support legislative planning, policy monitoring, and data-driven decision-making.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the principles and uses of statistical dashboards in legislative and public sector planning.
2. Import, clean, and transform budgetary datasets using R tools such as readr and dplyr.
3. Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) on fiscal and economic indicators relevant to government budgeting and planning.
4. Create interactive data visualizations using ggplot2, plotly, and other R visualization libraries.
5. Design and deploy statistical dashboards using flexdashboard and shiny to present budget metrics and trends.
6. Apply dashboard tools to practical scenarios, such as budget variance analysis, revenue forecasting, and expenditure tracking.
7. Build a complete legislative planning dashboard from scratch using a sample budget dataset, incorporating key performance indicators (KPIs) and policy-focused summaries.
8. Deploy dashboards locally or online for decision-makers and stakeholders.

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