1. Basic Elements of Data

Trait #1 – Basic Elements of Data

How to Score Yourself

As you fill out your self-assessment worksheet or dashboard, take into account the following statements to more accurately gauge your own level of proficiency in this trait, as well as its importance to your success in the near future.

Proficiency

Rate yourself high in proficiency in this first trait of the Knowledge category if you can say yes to all or most of the following statements:

Importance

Rate the importance of this trait high if you can say yes to most of the following statements

Resources to Help You Improve

The following resources will help you increase your proficiency in this first of the 17 Key Traits of Data Literacy:

• Videos
  • Data Literacy: Data Literacy Whiteboard 001 – Four Data Scale Types (Apr 19, 2019)
• Courses
  • Data Literacy Fundamentals: Understanding the Power & Value of Data (Data Literacy)
• Books
  • Data Literacy Fundamentals (Ben Jones, 2020)
  • Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences (John Allen Paulos, 2001)
• Papers
  • ‘On the Theory of Scales of Measurement’ (S.S. Stevens, 1946)
• Websites
  • Wikipedia: Levels of Measurement