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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Happy Pi Day, 2021! March 14th, or 3.14 in the month.day format, is Pi Day because the first digits of the number π (pi) are 3.14(15926...). Of course pi is intimately connected to the circle, as it's the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. And of course we all know that [...]
