{"product_id":"9781483378671","title":"Data Literacy: A User's Guide","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA practical, skill-based introduction to data analysis and literacy \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e We are swimming in a world of data, and this handy guide will keep you afloat while you learn to make sense of it all. In \u003cstrong\u003eData Literacy: A User's Guide\u003c\/strong\u003e, David Herzog, a journalist with a decade of experience using data analysis to transform information into captivating storytelling, introduces students and professionals to the fundamentals of data literacy, a key skill in today’s world. Assuming the reader has no advanced knowledge of data analysis or statistics, this book shows how to create insight from publicly-available data through exercises using simple Excel functions. Extensively illustrated, step-by-step instructions within a concise, yet comprehensive, reference will help readers identify, obtain, evaluate, clean, analyze and visualize data. A concluding chapter introduces more sophisticated data analysis methods and tools including database managers such as Microsoft Access and MySQL and standalone statistical programs such as SPSS, SAS and R. ","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144695595248,"sku":"9781483378671","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483378671_p0.jpg?v=1763627465","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483378671","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}