Availability of Education for Assistive Technology

Description

Dataset about the availability and characteristics of assistive-technology education programs. Useful for exploring regional access, program types, and factors linked to availability.

Source: Kaggle — Availability of Education for Assistive Technology by yapwh1208
Link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/yapwh1208/availability-of-education-for-assistive-technology

Attributes and Types (VAD)

• <Region/Country/State> — categorical (nominal). Geographic area of the record.
• <Institution/Provider> — categorical (nominal). Name of the provider.
• <ProgramType> — categorical (nominal). Type of assistive-tech education program.
• <Level> — ordered categorical. e.g., Introductory < Intermediate < Advanced.
• <DeliveryMode> — categorical (nominal). e.g., Online, In-person, Hybrid.
• <Duration> — quantitative (ratio). Program length (hours/weeks).
• <Cost> — quantitative (ratio). Tuition/fee (local currency or USD).
• <Enrollment> — quantitative (count). Number of learners.
• <Accredited> — categorical (nominal). Yes/No.
• <StartDate / Year> — temporal (date or year). Program start or data year.

  After download, update names to match exact column headers.

Visualization Ideas

• Choropleth or bar chart: count of programs by region
• Stacked bars: ProgramType by DeliveryMode
• Boxplot: Cost by ProgramType
• Scatter: Duration vs Cost, color by Accredited

Notes

• Verify currency and normalise if comparing Cost across regions.
• Handle missing values in Duration/Cost/Enrollment.
• Treat Level as ordered (encode order explicitly).