Become data literate in 8 weeks

Data Concepts

Acquire essential knowledge about the meaning of data. Understanding the potential of data means going back to the origins. What is data in a nutshell? In this chapter you’ll get to know the origins and various forms that data can come in.

Data Bases and Storage

Did you ever wonder where the data in your company comes from? We are going to introduce you to the many shapes of data, how they are structured and typically stored. You are going to learn the difference between a database and a spreadsheet, how narrow data is different from wide data formats and how you can best store your very own data files.

Data Types

Learn about the data types that you most commonly encounter in your own work! Start to make sense of data by learning about its various types. What is a string versus a numerical variable? What do you have to keep in mind when transforming data?

Data Innovation and Data Professions

There are many buzzwords circulating around the value of data. We are demystifying the big words in this chapter: big data, data science, data engineering, autonomous driving, personalised medicine and many more. Learn what data analysis actually means, how data professionals actually work and how innovative even the most basic forms of data processing and analysis can be.

Basic Statistical Operations

Acquire a solid knowledge foundation concerning descriptive statistics. Learn about basic plots that show you how your data is distributed, summarise your data to understand trends and flaws among key data points. Do you know much variance is in your data samples?

Transform your Data

Everything starts with loading your data. After getting to know the tool of your choice, learn how to load your data. Get to know how to bring your data into shape. Does your data need cleaning? Are there variables that do not make any sense?

The Tools

Every data transformation happens with a tool. Be it Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, Python or SQL, Power BI or Tableau. Learn how to interact with data using the tool that is commonly used at your workplace. Our adaptive learning platform offers you personalised learning paths with content curated by learning experts!

Merge your Data

After you cleaned up your data, it’s time to think about meaningful connections among your various data sources. Perhaps you need to know how your purchasing dates are associated with your customer base? Answering questions like that oftentimes requires merging different data tables that are associated with at least one key variable.

Data Visualization Fundamentals

Data wants to be visualized. To tell a story, to make a decision, to form a strategy: you need to present and summarize data in a visually appealing and effective manner. With modern design thinking skills, we show you hands-on how to plan and conceptualize data visualizations that are the bread and butter of convincing reports.

Dashboarding

Learn how to express the meaning of your data with different graphs, tables and text objects. But don’t just think of one graph, one histogram or one summary table. The basis of a good data story is a coherent and visually appealing assembly of data visualizations and data points. Dashboards can fundamentally help with driving decision-making, either within your team or for different stakeholders

Visual Order

Get an overview of the fundamental concepts behind design thinking and data visualization. With Gestalt Principles, a clever deployment of color, contrast and simplicity and the right chart type, you can visualize almost any story aestethically and effectively.