Geek- Data Analysis
Geek Skills
Individuals at the Geek Level have the following skills:
- Intermediate knowledge of statistics
- Ability to find existing demographic data onlines
- Ability to make a data analysis plan
- Intermediate spreadsheet skills
- Basic data cleaning
- Ability to create data visualizations
Intermediate knowledge of statistics
Statistics for librarians: How to Use and Evaluate Statistical Evidence
Statistics for librarians: How to use and evaluate statistical evidence
A presentation on statistics in relation to libraries.
Statistics for Librarians video
Statistics For Librarians video
A video lecture on how to use statistics as a librarian.
Introductory Statistics
An OpenStax statistics textbook.
Ability to find existing demographic data online
Demographic Data
A list of resources for finding census and other demographic data.
Ability to make a data analysis plan
Data Analysis and Presentation
Data Analysis and Presentation
Guidelines for creating a data analysis plan.
Data analysis planning checklist
Data analysis planning checklist
Checklist for creating a data analysis plan
Intermediate spreadsheet skills
Excel Exposure
Videos tutorials on using Excel, organized by difficulty.
Basic data cleaning
9 Best Practices for Cleaning, Managing, and Tagging your Data
9 Best Practices for Cleaning, Managing, and Tagging your Data
A list of steps for cleaning and organizing data.
Ability to create data visualizations
Tableau Public: Resources
Video tutorials on how to use the free Tableau Public data visualization tool.