Data Literacy Level 1: Learning to See Data

About this course

Data Literacy Level 1: Learning to See Data is your guide to mastering the visual language of data. In this course, you will learn the building blocks of seven common chart types — heatmaps, bar charts, pie charts, line charts, histograms, scatter plots, and symbol maps — along with their effective use cases, common pitfalls, and possible variations. Taught by Ben Jones — author of Learning to See Data: How to Interpret the Visual Language of Charts — this course takes you through eight lessons that each focus on a specific chart type, equipping you with the skills to confidently read, interpret, and evaluate data visualizations you encounter in your work and daily life. **What you'll learn:** - The Building Blocks of All Charts and how visual perception shapes interpretation - Enhancing Data Tables with Heatmaps using color to reveal patterns - Comparing Quantities with Bar Charts using position, length, and area - Relating Part-to-Whole with Pie Charts and their variations - Seeing Change Over Time with Line Charts and trend analysis - Understanding Variations with Histograms and distribution analysis - Finding Correlations with Scatter Plots and regression fundamentals - Interpreting Geographic Data with Symbol Maps and map projections Includes a free digital copy of the companion book Learning to See Data by course instructor Ben Jones, plus a downloadable checklist of 16 Chart Reading Tips.