Data Science & Technology

We reduce project turnaround time, improve the longevity of delivered solutions, and provide the foundation for our clients to scale and succeed independently.

 

Capabilities

The American Institutes for Research® (AIR) provides data science and technology consultation and resources to help interpret challenges and make solutions actionable.

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Data Science

AIR Data Science and Advanced Analytics experts employ a range of data science methods to address complex public policy questions.

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Technology Solutions

Technology Solutions incorporates user experience and learning experience design to create elegant, user-friendly products that deliver on their intended learning outcomes and audiences.

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Projects

Explore real world examples of how AIR applies its data science and technology capabilities to contribute to a better, more equitable world.

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NCES Data R Project - EdSurvey

The project designs and develops open-source R statistical tools, including EdSurvey, WeMix, Dire, and wCorr that provide equitable access to analysis and visualization of NCES large-scale educational data.

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Center for Process Data

AIR, with NCES, utilizes Machine Learning to maximize the potential of process data to deepen our understanding of student behavior and support decision making for different assessment elements to promote equity for all students.

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PatentsView: Patent Data Exploration Platform

Funded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, this web-based platform provides datasets, data tools, and visualizations on over 40 years of patents. The PatentsView team is comprised of data science professionals from AIR and partners - all designed to deliver the most advanced data disambiguation and attribution algorithms to researchers and businesses around the world.

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Our data science and technology solutions are recognized around the world for their positive impact within the field of research and development in the social sciences and humanities.

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Related Work
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Improving Pandemic Recovery Efforts in Education Agencies

Researchers from AIR's CALDER, Harvard's Center for Education Policy and Research, and NWEA are partnering with a coalition of districts across the country to help determine which COVID recovery interventions are working (or not working), which students they are helping, and why.
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Supplemental Payment Reporting Requirements and Guidance Development

States have the flexibility to set Medicaid payment rates for providers consistent with federal regulations that require payments promoting the Medicaid program’s economy and efficiency. As supplemental payments are now a major source of Medicaid reimbursement for providers in many states, both the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Medicaid and ...
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PreK–12 Research on Education Strategies to Advance Recovery and Turnaround (RESTART) Network

In the wake of the pandemic, there is an urgent need to address national disruptions in student achievement and help educators boost student engagement, particularly among students from marginalized groups and among those who struggled prior to the pandemic. The PreK–12 Research on Education Strategies to Advance Recovery and Turnaround ...
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Using Population-based Outcome Measures to Assess the Impact of Telehealth Expansion on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Access to Care and Quality of Care

In the March 2021 report to the Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continue to cover telehealth services after the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). This would allow for a study focused on the effects of telehealth ...

Systems and Analytics Support to Digital Transformation for Food Systems Data Sharing and Visualization

A key component of Kenya’s Agriculture Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS) is to leverage digital technologies in agriculture to increase small-scale farmer incomes, improve year-round food availability, and boost household food resilience for the most vulnerable. To this end, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the National Drought ...
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Why Does High School Coursework Matter? The Case for Increasing Exposure to Advanced Courses

Increasing the rigor of courses taken in high school is a crucial part of education policy. However, existing knowledge about high school coursework is outdated. Using data from a recent nationally representative data set, this brief reports results that expand our knowledge base on the relationship between a rigorous coursework ...
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PatentsView: Patent Data Exploration Platform

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) mission is to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.S., and this is supported by its open-data platform. Part of that platform, PatentsView, offers 40 years’ worth of information about investors, their organizations, and their locations. Established in 2012 and led by AIR, ...
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DARPA World Modelers

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) investment in the World Modelers program created the opportunity to develop sophisticated, near real time, integrated modeling infrastructure to help policy makers quickly respond to or prevent humanitarian disasters.

Food Security and Humanitarian Monitoring

AIR conducts food security monitoring in some of the world’s most vulnerable locations. Working in highly insecure environments, AIR’s field-based researchers and data collection teams gathered primary data from panel surveys of households, markets, and health centers.