Description
A practical, skill-based introduction to data analysis and literacy
We are swimming in a world of data, and this handy guide will keep you afloat while you learn to make sense of it all. In Data Literacy: A User′s Guide, David Herzog, a journalist with a decade of experience using data analysis to transform information into captivating storytelling, introduces students and professionals to the fundamentals of data literacy, a key skill in today's world. Assuming the reader has no advanced knowledge of data analysis or statistics, this book shows how to create insight from publicly-available data through exercises using simple Excel functions. Extensively illustrated, step-by-step instructions within a concise, yet comprehensive, reference will help readers identify, obtain, evaluate, clean, analyze and visualize data. A concluding chapter introduces more sophisticated data analysis methods and tools including database managers such as Microsoft Access and MySQL and standalone statistical programs such as SPSS, SAS and R.
Author: David L. Herzog
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 02/11/2015
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.72h x 7.09w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781483333465
ISBN10: 1483333469
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Data Science | General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
We are swimming in a world of data, and this handy guide will keep you afloat while you learn to make sense of it all. In Data Literacy: A User′s Guide, David Herzog, a journalist with a decade of experience using data analysis to transform information into captivating storytelling, introduces students and professionals to the fundamentals of data literacy, a key skill in today's world. Assuming the reader has no advanced knowledge of data analysis or statistics, this book shows how to create insight from publicly-available data through exercises using simple Excel functions. Extensively illustrated, step-by-step instructions within a concise, yet comprehensive, reference will help readers identify, obtain, evaluate, clean, analyze and visualize data. A concluding chapter introduces more sophisticated data analysis methods and tools including database managers such as Microsoft Access and MySQL and standalone statistical programs such as SPSS, SAS and R.
Author: David L. Herzog
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 02/11/2015
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.72h x 7.09w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781483333465
ISBN10: 1483333469
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Data Science | General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies