Data interpretation challenges
Being handed a table or a dashboard and asked what it means is an everyday task. This course is a method for reading one carefully and stopping at the conclusions it actually supports.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01What is one rowStart at the bottom.
- 02Rates and denominatorsOut of how many.
- 03Beyond the averageWhere the average lies.
- 04Compared with whatThe missing half of most claims.
- 05Aggregation trapsTotals that reverse.
- 06Noise and significanceIs that a real change.
- 07Metrics and proxiesWhat is actually being measured.
- 08Missing dataAbsence is information.
- 09Reading forecastsProjections are assumptions.
- 10A reading routineTen minutes with any dataset.
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