Working with Data

Audience

All New York State employees

Description

Participants will review the key concepts and strategies for working with data and will examine different data types and the best ways to display, interpret, and use data. Prior experience with data or statistics is helpful but not required to understand the materials in this course.

Topics

  • Key concepts including what is data, types of data, levels of measurement, descriptive vs. inferential statistics
  • Frequency and ways to display data
  • Data Distribution
  • Making Sense of Data

Length

Approximately 30 minutes