a| 2014048051

a| 9781483333465

a| Howest

a| Herzog, David, d| 1963- 0| (viaf)48932585

a| Data literacy : b| a user's guide / c| David Herzog.

a| Los Angeles : b| SAGE, c| 2015.

a| Includes bibliographical references and index.

a| 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.

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a| Research x| Data processing. 2| lcsh

a| Statistieken. 2| z

a| Wetenschappelijk onderzoek. 2| z

b| HWPNT c| PENTA j| PENTA.517 HERZ 15 p| 4010667

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