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May 2022

An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Percent Change + Percentage Points

By |2023-05-11T05:21:19-07:00May 2nd, 2022|Helpful Explainers|

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 [...]

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February 2022

Working with Data Professionals (when you aren’t one!): Post 4 – Up Leveling Your Partnership with Data Professionals

By |2022-02-03T18:14:41-07:00February 3rd, 2022|Helpful Explainers|

Working with Data Professionals (when you aren't one!) Part 4: Up Leveling Your Partnership with Data Professionals The author of this four part blog series is Anna-Maria Steverson, Content Analytics Manager at Netflix. The series is titled "Working with Data Professionals (when you aren't one!)" Anna also teaches our Data Literacy [...]

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January 2022

Working with Data Professionals (when you aren’t one!): Post 3 – Managing a Team of Data professionals

By |2022-02-03T16:59:53-07:00January 26th, 2022|Helpful Explainers|

Working with Data Professionals (when you aren't one!) Part 3: Managing a Team of Data Professionals The author of this blog series is Anna-Maria Steverson, Content Analytics Manager at Netflix. The series it titled "Working with Data Professionals (when you aren't one!)" The first post in the series is titled "What [...]

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Working with Data Professionals (when you aren’t one!): Post 2 – How to Hire a Data Professional

By |2022-01-17T10:41:34-07:00January 17th, 2022|Helpful Explainers|

Working with Data Professionals (when you aren't one!) Part 2: How to Hire a Data Professional In the first blog of this series, I talked about the different skillsets that a data professional may have and the type of work they could do. In this post, I'm going to spend some [...]

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Working with Data Professionals (when you aren’t one!): Post 1 – What Do Data Professionals Do?

By |2022-01-17T10:46:51-07:00January 7th, 2022|Helpful Explainers|

Working with Data Professionals (when you aren't one!) Part 1: What Do Data Professionals Do? The following guest blog post kicks off a four part series titled "Working with Data Professionals (when you aren't one!)." This first post helps the reader better understand the various types of tasks and activities that [...]

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December 2021

An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Base Rate Fallacy

By |2023-05-11T05:21:32-07:00December 7th, 2021|Helpful Explainers|

An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Base Rate Fallacy 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 [...]

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September 2021

An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Bias in Research

By |2023-05-11T05:21:43-07:00September 1st, 2021|Helpful Explainers|

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 [...]

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July 2021

An Illustrated Guide to Data Literacy: Pie Charts

By |2021-07-07T09:36:16-07:00July 7th, 2021|Helpful Explainers|

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 [...]

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May 2021

April 2021

The Difference Between “Prevalence” and “Incidence” and Why We Care

By |2022-08-22T12:11:24-07:00April 27th, 2021|Helpful Explainers|

Like what you're reading? Learn all this and more in our on-demand course Data Literacy Fundamentals or purchase its companion book in PDF form. The Difference Between “Prevalence” and “Incidence” and Why We Care Have you heard the terms “prevalence” and “incidence” in the news lately? What’s the difference between them and [...]

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