Resources that I share with attendees of my Data Literacy workshops.
Use these to level up your (and others) data literacy. And reach out to me here or here if you have more recommendations.
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Free data literacy courses
- The Data Literacy Project - They offer many free chapters from their data literacy curriculum.
- Introduction to Data Literacy by Datacamp - Self-guided data literacy 101.
Statistics, simplified
- Small probabilities sdd, big ones don’t by John D. Cook - A quick lesson on probability across independent trials.
- Statistics basics by Jim Frost - Intuitive explanations of statistical concepts to help you understand the results.
- Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan - A book to help you learn math without the dread.
Using data responbsibly
Doing better with data: Reminder: It is our collective responsibility to create a better information environment.
- Tukey, Design Thinking, and Better Questions by Roger Peng
- Stories vs. Statistics by John Allen Paulos
Visualizing data
- 7 Basic Rules for Making Charts and Graphs by Nathan Yau
- Visual Vocabulary - A handy reference for picking the right chart for your data. It also points to more good resources.
- Three Ways to Annotate Your Graphs - Put words on your charts to make them easier to read and understand.
- How not to be fooled by viral charts - Details to look out for so that you get an accurate picture.
Understanding data professionals
- Why One Person Can’t Do Everything In Data - There are too many steps to the process.
Having fun with data
- Data By Design - An interactive history of data visualization.
- Probabilistic Tic-Tac-Toe by Cameron Sun 1 A twist on the classic game where you don’t know for sure if an “X” or an “O” will be placed on the grid when you choose a spot.
- The Pudding involved people in the data collection process with a flipbook experiment.