An Introduction to Data Analysis

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An Introduction to Data Analysis

Learn the basics of how to analyse data
Evaluate data from different sources ensuring quality
Acquire skills to extract meaningful insights from your datasets

Overview

Off the shelf (OTS)

This course looks at three key things: how numbers and summary statistics can lead us to incorrect conclusions in "Seeing through a world of numbers"; why establishing "the shape of data" is critical to discover its limitations and biases; and why plotting "Trends in data" is more challenging than taking a ruler to a plot.

Following this we'll then look at how some key statistical techniques and tools can be applied to data.