New data literacy guide

Understand the story behind the numbers.

Independent notes on reading community data, comparing measures, and asking better questions.

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Counts and rates tell different stories

Understand what is being counted and which population is being compared.

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Five questions for a dataset

A practical checklist for reading a table before drawing conclusions.

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Start with the source

Find public datasets and read the documentation that comes with them.

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