A Data Journey Through Breast Cancer In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to share some of my personal journey with breast cancer and how data impacted my experience. August 6th, 2019 would become a date that I would never forget. I had just pulled into the parking garage at Amazon [...]
Nominations are Open for the 2021 Data Literacy Awards! It's that time of year again! We'd like your help identifying the individuals and content that helped to advance Data Literacy the most this past year. To do that, use the form below to nominate your favorite 1) data book, 2) data podcast, [...]
How to Make an Interactive Map with No Code Do you want to create your own interactive maps, but you don’t know where to start? I’m here to help! Let me show you how to make a map using Flourish Studio. We’ll go from spreadsheet to polished map that’s ready to embed [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Bias in Research Welcome back to our comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical concepts, and [...]
Training Badges Now Available! Organizations that have been implementing our online training courses have asked for badges, or "micro-credentials," to enable their employees to track and show progress in their learning journey. We're excited to announce that we've responded to this request and rolled out an Open Badge solution that is available [...]
Data Journaling: an Analog Way to Learn About Data Rebecca Gourley is a multimedia storyteller with a background in journalism and design. She’s a self-proclaimed nerd with interests in gaming, coding, hiking, crafts and plant-keeping. She’s been involved in data visualization work for the last couple of years and just completed the Certificate in Data [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Pie Charts Welcome to our new comic series that explores a range of data literacy concepts. We follow Becky, who describes herself as a bit data-phobic, as she navigates tricky situations at her new job. She'll learn to create effective charts, grasp statistical concepts and confidently [...]
Hi all, Ben Jones here. I hope you've enjoyed our wonderful guest blog posts lately! We've been fortunate to get contributions from some very talented people. I encourage you to reach out to us if you'd like to write one of your own! We're looking for data people like you [...]
Data Literacy + QuantHub A new way to learn the language of data! We have exciting news to share! To continue to lean further into our mission here at Data Literacy which is to help people learn the language of data, we are announcing a partnership with QuantHub. We know that [...]
How to Make a Beeswarm Plot in RAWGraphs and Then Edit in PowerPoint Do you want to create more complex chart types, but you feel like you don’t have the skills or the time to learn a new tool? I’m here to help! Let me show you how to make a beeswarm [...]