The Fundamentals of Data-driven Storytelling

An IntroduIf it worked for Ection to Data Literacy The Fundamentals of Data-driven Storytelling Procurement Data Crash Course

The Fundamentals of Data-driven Storytelling

An IntroduIf it worked for Ection to Data Literacy The Fundamentals of Data-driven Storytelling Procurement Data Crash Course

About this course
- Course Introduction
Module 1 - Find
Module 2 - Get
- 2.1 Turning websites and PDFs into machine readable data
  - Scraping data with Tabula
- 2.2 An introduction to spreadsheet software
Module 3 - Verify
- 3.1 Can I use this data in my work?
  - Initial steps for verification
  - What do these column headings mean?
Module 4 - Clean
- 4.1 What to do with disorganised data?
Module 5 - Analyse
- 5.1 What is the story within the data?
  - Spreadsheet rows, columns, cells and tabs
    Spreadsheet formats, forumlas and essential shortcuts
    Using the VLOOKUP Function
    Combine Data From Multiple Spreadsheets
- 5.2 How to turn numbers into stories
Module 6 - Visualise
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Module 1 - Find

1.1 How to Find Data for Storytelling and journalism

Other sources of data

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