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University of Sheffield - Making Sense of Data in the Media 

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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

₹2,205

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Making Sense of Data in the Media
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Making Sense of Data in the Media
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Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Course details

Skills you will learn
Data analysisStatistics
More about this course
  • We are bombarded with media statistics every day, but how much of this data is reliable?
  • On this course, you'll learn how to read and evaluate data in the media and how to stay alert to misleading statistics and fake news.
  • You'll find out how data is created, and how survey formats can affect outcomes.
  • You'll also learn the basic principles of data analysis, such as correlation and causation and margins of sampling error.
  • Ultimately, assessing data and looking for intentionally or unintentionally misleading statistics will help you become a better-informed citizen.

Making Sense of Data in the Media
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Curriculum

What is a big number?

Welcome to the course

Is that a lot?

Change and differences

Making comparisons

Coming up with a research question

Where does data come from?

Welcome to Week 2

Studying the whole population

Studying a sample of the population

Collecting survey data

When do you need a survey?

How can we interpret data?

Welcome to Week 3

Reading the fine print

What are we really measuring?

Correlation is not causation

Final steps

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