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Data Science for Housing Workshop Application
Thank you for your interest in applying to our pilot Urban Data Science workshop program. This workshop is hosted by the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, working with Berkeley's D-Lab, and will offer training in data science techniques for housing in Spring and Summer 2020.

We are seeking more information about your desired skills to ensure that our exclusive training program meets individual and organizational needs. The following application should take you less than 15 minutes to complete. Your responses will be confidential and will not be shared outside our team. Please read every question thoroughly as your responses will be used to tailor the materials to your professional development needs.

Thank you!

Data for Housing Team

dataforhousing@berkeley.edu

First Name

Last Name

Email

Phone number

What is the name of your employer?

What is your job title?

Select the primary function of your current position:

Is your primary job function mostly team based or do you find yourself working on projects alone?

I'm on a team and we collaborate often
I'm on a team, but we work independently for the most part
I'm not on a team and I work independently

How would you prefer to work on projects for this workshop?

I'd prefer to work with my team
I'm comfortable working with people I do not know
I prefer to work on my own
I have no preference

Do you have a laptop computer that you could use during a training workshop?

Yes, I can bring a laptop and install data and software if needed
Yes, I can bring a laptop but I cannot add data to it
Yes, I can bring a laptop but I cannot install software on it
Yes, I can bring a laptop but I cannot install data or software on it
No
Other

What do you hope to get out of a course teaching data science tools/techniques?

The following questions will help us prioritize what exactly our participants' learning preferences in this training.

Please indicate your workplace's priority level for each of these options.

Please indicate your workplace's priority level for each of these options.
	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know
Making tools understandable to the public	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know
Making tools understandable and useful to practitioners	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know
Automating repetitive tasks to reduce time and fiscal costs of tasks	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know
Making tools that can be maintained without programming knowledge	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know
Increasing communication within and between organizations	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know
Tracking data and impact trends over time	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know
Analyzing policy effectiveness	Not a priority now or in the foreseeable future	Not a priority for current work products, but maybe a priority in the near future	Currently a high priority	I don't know

To the best of your knowledge, what data analytical tools does your organization use primarily? (Click and drag each tool to its respective box)

Drag and drop items into groups. Within each group, rank items by dragging and dropping them into place.

Items

Excel
Python
ArcGIS/GIS tools
SQL Databases/Querying
R
SPSS
SAS
STATA
Tableau

Definitely Use

Definitely Do Not Use

Not Sure

Please rate your level of experience with each of these tools.

Please rate your level of experience with each of these tools.
	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
Microsoft Excel	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
ArcGIS/QGIS	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
ArcGIS online	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
Tableau	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
Stata	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
SQL	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
Access DB	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
Filemaker Pro	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
R	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
Python	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.
Other programming language/software	I have not heard of this tool	I understand what this tool is used for but have not used it myself	I can do simple tasks with this tool, with assistance	I can do simple tasks with this tool, without assistance	I use this tool often and independently for all kinds of tasks.

Please indicate your level of interest in learning each of these data manipulation and analysis techniques in Python

Please indicate your level of interest in learning each of these data manipulation and analysis techniques in Python
	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Data cleaning and imputing missing data	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Descriptive statistics (e.g. averages, variance, range)	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Grouping and aggregating data	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Joining data from multiple sources (e.g. merge census data with administrative data)	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Creating tables and datasets	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Identifying and measuring outliers	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Manipulating and mapping geospatial data	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Analyzing geospatial patterns (e.g. clustering)	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Regression	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Machine learning classification (e.g. nearest neighbors, logistic regression).	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Interactive mapping (e.g. point and click)	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Data ethics and privacy	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace
Version control (e.g. git, github.com, gitlab.com)	I do not know what this is	Not relevant to current or future projects	There is not yet any interest, but I am interested in bringing it to my workplace	There is some interest in my workplace	Immediately applicable to projects at my workplace

This workshop will be taught in Python. However, we’d like to know based on your personal preference and/or organizational needs: Would you prefer to learn the above techniques using the Python or R programming language?

I prefer to learn these techniques in Python
I prefer to learn these techniques in R
Both
No Preference
I'm not sure

This workshop focuses on datasets related to housing and displacement, but as a way to break down silos between agencies we want to incorporate transportation planning in the curriculum.

What kind of transportation related information would be most useful in your work? Rank the following based on interest level by clicking and dragging them in order.

1 Mode of transportation to work
2 Commute to work origins and destinations
3 Travel times in a network
4 New mobility use and adoption
5 Public transportation ridership
6 Traffic safety
7 Transportation sustainability
8 Other:

Would you be interested in applying to our scholarship program, which will be based on economic hardship?

Yes
No

Is there anything else that you would like to add or ask about this training?