Evidence and Data Collection for Problem Solving

Data is becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives as the digital world becomes more prominent. This course will help you harness the potential of data in your career and daily life.

As you learn to use data to solve everyday problems, and make informed decisions with data, you'll also be introduced to key concepts.

Additionally, you will learn skills that allow you to analyze and interpret trends and create a plan to solve real-world problems using evidence and data.

Data collection is valuable because it allows you to understand its meaning and purpose.

This course will discuss the differences between metadata and data and how different data sets can be combined to create datasets that provide greater insight and understanding of a particular situation.

It is important to understand the ethics and rules for using data from other people so that you can adhere to the restrictions.

Before you discuss the ethical issues surrounding data collection, we'll be looking at how data is created, shared and used in unexpected ways.

Through data visualization techniques, you'll learn how to present data in an engaging way that is easy to understand. These data concepts will be presented through the eyes of a small-business owner to give you real-world context.

This course is for anyone looking to enter the workforce or start a new career.