Aims and objectives
This module will:
- explain what data is
- examine how data is used
- explore ways to analyse data.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- find, clean and use data
- evaluate and select tools to analyse and display data.
8. More resources
These resources are useful for learning more about working with data:
- Data journalism handbook — A guide to telling stories with data
- Make data meaningful: Part 1 (PDF, 1.55MB) — A guide to writing stories about numbers
- Make data meaningful: Part 2 (PDF, 1.98MB) — A guide to presenting statistics
Try these LinkedIn Learning courses(access requires a UQ login):
- Learning data analytics (1h39m) — Including how to identify your data set, interpret and summarise data, create workflow diagrams, clean data, and join data sets for reporting.
- Data science foundations (3h6m) — Looks at obtaining, exploring, modeling and interpreting data.
- Learning data science: Understanding the basics (1h17m) — About telling better data science stories.
Duration: 
Approximately 30 minutes
Graduate attributes
Knowledge and skills you can gain to contribute to your Graduate attributes:
Independence and creativity
Critical judgement
Ethical and social understanding
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