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 What is Data?

 Data is information, like facts or numbers, collected to be examined, considered, and used to help decision-making. Learning how to leverage data requires practical skills and tools required to conduct analytics, develop and test hypotheses, visualize and share results.

 Data Practices & Skills

1. Basics

Data types & format, metadata, analysis, etc.
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2. Best Practices

How to get good data, use cases, assessing data, etc.
Type of Resource	Name/Title	Organization	Contact/Link	Notes
Online course	Probability: The Science of Uncertainty and Data	Massachusetts Institute of Technology via edX	https://www.class-central.com/course/edx-probability-the-science-of-uncertainty-and-data-11480?utm_source=qz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october_2018
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3. Data-driven culture

Data governance, data architecture, conceptual thinking, etc.
Type of Resource	Name/Title	Organization	Contact/Link	Notes
Publication	Data Ethics Framework	UK Government	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-ethics-framework/data-ethics-framework	Introductory piece with many inks for depth.
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4. Data Preparation

Data collection, cleaning, visualizations, etc.
Type of Resource	Name/Title	Organization	Contact/Link	Notes
Online course	Information Visualization: Foundations	New York University via Coursera	https://www.class-central.com/course/coursera-information-visualization-foundations-11819?utm_source=qz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october_2018
Online course	Information Visualization: Advanced Techniques	New York University via Coursera	https://www.class-central.com/course/coursera-information-visualization-advanced-techniques-11818?utm_source=qz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october_2018
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5. Data Management

Data warehousing, consolidation, storage, etc.
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6. Data Analysis

Natural language processing, programming languages, Excel, etc.
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