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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.


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Data Practices & Skills
1. Basics
Data types & format, metadata, analysis, etc.
Type of Resource Name/Title Organization Contact/Link Notes
Video What is metadata? University of Edinburgh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96ncNPpohjo Examples of metadata in everyday life.
Expert, video, article, course, etc. Name/Title Organization Contact/Link Anything to add?
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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
Online course Data Analysis for Decision Making University of Maryland via edX https://www.class-central.com/course/edx-data-analysis-for-decision-making-11673?utm_source=qz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october_2018 Anything to add?
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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.
Presentation slides 5 Practical Steps to a Data Driven Culture FWD50 Conference 2018 https://www.slideshare.net/FWD50/fwd50-2018-5-pratical-steps-to-a-data-driven-culture Presented by Shingai Manjengwa, Fireside Analytics
Presentation slides Democratizing data FWD50 Conference 2018 https://www.slideshare.net/FWD50/fwd50-2018-democratizing-data Presented by Warren Perlman
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.
Type of Resource Name/Title Organization Contact/Link Notes
Online course Introduction to R DataCamp https://www.datacamp.com/courses/free-introduction-to-r Requires login.
Expert, video, article, course, etc. Name/Title Organization Contact/Link Anything to add?
Expert, video, article, course, etc. Name/Title Organization Contact/Link Anything to add?