This guide will walk you through some of the tools, resources, and best practices for working & visualizing information, including data. Guide 1 of a 3-part series.
This guide covers research data generally, what data is, the difference between data and statistics, understanding open data, and other overview topics.
This guide covers where a researcher can find data and where a researcher can deposit their data per gov standards. For library databases that offer statistics and data, see Research Data Literacy 101: Find Data and Statistics.
This guide covers how to create a Data Management Plan, including funders, metadata, and other important aspects.
What is Data Literacy?
Data literacy is “understanding what data mean, including how to read charts appropriately, draw correct conclusions from data and recognize when data are being used in misleading or inappropriate ways” (Carlson et al., 2011). The emphasis in this definition is on data consumption, and critical assessment (Koltay, 2015).