Data literacy - Beyond the Numbers Online
Data literacy is a critical skill for preparing students to navigate a data-driven world, helping them interpret statistics, recognize misinformation, and understand complex issues.
It consists of the abilities to read, understand, analyze, and communicate with data to drive informed decision-making. Students often receive little guidance on how to move nimbly between text and numbers beyond what examples they see in textbooks or instructions for in-class controlled lab experiments.
There is a disconnect between classwork and the data and statistical literacy skills needed beyond the classroom. Whether researching cancer statistics or the best car to buy, students don’t often have a strong sense of what those numbers mean. Students often believe that numbers are objective, though data in the real world is rarely so.
This workshop will address these 4 specific areas and demonstrate how to engage in all of these activities to help understand what the numbers mean, how they are presented, and evaluate and communicate (or argue with!) them critically.
- Date:
- Monday, November 9, 2026
- Time:
- 10:30am - 11:30am
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Digital Humanities Digital Scholarship Workshop