Calling All Students, Educators and Data Literacy Advocates! It’s that time of year! Educators and students everywhere are preparing to embark on a brand new school year. Here at Data Literacy it’s the time of year where the data literacy gap in our education system is top of mind. A balanced and up-to-date [...]
Announcing the Launch of Data Literacy Level 2: Working Effectively with Data The time has come! The third course in our Data Literacy training series, Data Literacy Level 2: Working Effectively with Data, is now available for purchase on-demand. Do you ever feel lost in a sea of data? Many people today [...]
3 Signs You're Working with a Dead-End Dataset Every dataset that you work with is imperfect. There are always limitations, but if you take the time to understand the limitations, then you’ll be able to quickly move on from a dead-end dataset or provide the appropriate caveats in your analysis and presentations. This [...]
An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Percent Change + Percentage Points 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 [...]
Announcing the Launch of Data Literacy Objective Assessments Assessments are a critical part of any data literacy training program, which is why we’re thrilled to announce the launch of our two new Objective Data Literacy Assessments - the Data Citizen and the Visual Interpreter Assessment. Objective assessments are used to evaluate [...]
Data Journaling: The Power and Potential of Qualitative Data Through the Lens of a Mom-to-be 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 [...]
The Data Literacy Movement: Founded by Women, Led by Women Happy International Women's Day 2022! I'm so incredibly proud to be a part of the Data Literacy movement, whose purpose is to help people everywhere speak the language of data. Did you know? This movement was FOUNDED by women and is currently being LED [...]
Insights Revealed: 5 Common Data Pain Points Today's Organizations Face In what ways is your team creating an environment where data literacy can flourish, and on the other hand, what factors might be getting in the way of your team’s ability to reap the benefits of data literacy? The Data Literacy Score Team-Based [...]
How to Annotate Like a Designer Do you wish the text in your charts looked more refined? I’ll show you how to make your annotations look more professionally designed with a few small tweaks using PowerPoint. Once you see these tweaks in action, you’ll begin to make these refinements more naturally just like [...]
VIDEO: How to Avoid "Graphical Gaffes" Our CEO Ben Jones, author of Avoiding Data Pitfalls (2019, Wiley) and Learning to See Data (2020, Data Literacy Press), discusses some examples of visualizations he has seen "in the wild" recently that provide opportunities to learn what to NOT to do when communicating data visually. Watch [...]
