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
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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Beginner level
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1 month at 10 hours a week
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
(15 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
- Analytics
- Data Literacy
- Scatter Plots
- Data Visualization
- Data Analysis
- Data Presentation
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Data Storytelling
- Research
- Data Visualization Software
- Technical Communication
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Interactive Data Visualization
- Data Ethics
- Data Cleansing
- Data Quality
- Trend Analysis
- Analysis
- Data Manipulation
Tools you'll learn
What’s included
Shareable certificate
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Taught in English
33 practice exercises
Advance your subject-matter expertise
- Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
- Master a subject or tool with hands-on projects
- Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
- Earn a career certificate from SAS
Specialization - 4 course series
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Data Literacy, Data Ethics, Data Presentation, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Trend Analysis, Data Analysis, Research, Data Storytelling, Investigation, and Analytical Skills
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Data Cleansing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Histogram, Technical Communication, Data Storytelling, Data Literacy, Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, and Data Manipulation
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Data Quality, SAS (Software), Statistical Programming, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Access, Interactive Data Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis, Business Reporting, Virtual Environment, Data Analysis, and Business Analytics
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
Data Presentation, SAS (Software), Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Analysis, Analysis, Business Reporting, Graphing, Trend Analysis, Statistical Programming, Data Manipulation, Analytics, and Data Visualization
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