Marron Institute Hosts

In cooperation with the NYU Office of the Provost, the Marron Institute hosted 20 NYU undergraduate students, from a broad range of academic disciplines and selected from a pool of applicants, at the Marron offices for a week of research-methods training. Each day, a member of the Marron faculty presented a method and how it is used in their research, followed by a research task for the students using the method. Topics included statistical analysis, using the Transit Costs Project dataset; global-trends analysis, using World Bank Open Data; learning about Participatory Action Research; and data processing and analytical methods, using the NYU Open Data platform. Beyond methods training, the students gained insight into the careers of applied researchers.