After ten years of fact checking, we’ve witnessed both the benefits that come from reliable, easy-to-use data, and the harms caused by misleading, badly-structured data.
The course is designed for anyone who wants to:
Gain confidence with using data in your job or day-to-day life
Understand how datasets work and how to best structure them
Answer questions by adapting and augmenting datasets
Visualise and present your answers to an audience
How it works:
Over three mornings, you'll learn about the basics of how datasets are structured, how to plan a data analysis, how to use spreadsheets and pivot tables to answer questions about a dataset, and how to make compelling visualisations to summarise your work.
The online sessions will be led by our training manager and experienced tutor and fact checker Joseph O’Leary.
They'll give you a chance to learn, practice new skills, and work in small teams to analyse data and report on what you learn to the group.
You’ll also get tailored support and a workbook to take away so you can keep practicing at home.
