This Specialization provides an introduction to data literacy knowledge and helps learners build practical skills to explore and visualize data. Using real-world applications, the Specialization starts by building a foundational understanding of data and teaches learners to prepare, explore, analyze, visualize, and communicate data. New to analyzing data? This Specialization is for you, focusing on practical understanding while avoiding complicated statistical terminology.
Data Literacy: Exploring and Visualizing Data Specialization
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Data Literacy: Exploring and Visualizing Data Specialization
Start Your Data Literacy Journey Today. Build knowledge and skills to explore and visualize data in your professional and everyday life.
Instructors: Emily Pressman
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.8
(14 reviews)
Beginner level
Recommended experience
1 month at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Technical Communication
- Data Cleansing
- Data Manipulation
- Interactive Data Visualization
- Analytics
- Data Presentation
- Data Visualization Software
- Data Literacy
- Data Analysis
- Data Quality
- Research
- Analysis
- Data Ethics
- Trend Analysis
- Data Storytelling
- Scatter Plots
- Data Visualization
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
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What’s included
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Taught in English
33 practice exercises
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Specialization - 4 course series
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Literacy
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Investigation
Category: Research
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Trend Analysis
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Cleansing
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Scatter Plots
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Literacy
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Histogram
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: SAS (Software)
Category: Data Quality
Category: Business Analysis
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Statistical Programming
Category: Virtual Environment
Category: Data Access
Category: Business Reporting
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Cleansing
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Visualization Software
Category: SAS (Software)
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Analytics
Category: Analysis
Category: Statistical Programming
Category: Trend Analysis
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Business Reporting
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