Reading data with confidence
How to read a chart, what a percentage hides, and which question a number answers.
- Hours in total
- 8
- Weeks, suggested pace
- 4
- Level
- Beginner
- Format
- Self-paced
Where it sits on your ladder
Work with data. This course is step 2 of 4.
One hour is 24 px wide on every page, so a longer course is a wider step.
4 steps, 37 hours, about 17 weeks.
Curriculum
3 modules, 7 lessons, 74 minutes of lessons. The rest of the 8 hours is exercises and the small project.
- Bars, lines and what they promise10 min
- Scales that mislead9 min
- Percent of what?9 min
- Averages and spread12 min
- Small samples10 min
- From a hunch to a question10 min
- A short written finding14 min
Try a sample lesson
Five short screens, a three-question check and a transcript. No account needed.
Taught by
Maren Aldous
Data and spreadsheets
Starts every lesson from a messy table and works towards a tidy one.
What you need
Spreadsheet foundations or equivalent comfort with tables.
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