Examples can be helpful for a number of things when writing about data (summarized from Jane E. Miller, 2015, The… Read more Using Examples
Author: Daniel Libertz
Numbers and People, Speaking
The opening example of chapter 6 in Data Feminism about the GDELT database and how it overstated its completeness and the accuracy… Read more Numbers and People, Speaking
From Rhetoric in the Data Set to Rhetoric on the Page
For the semester so far, we have focused most on the rhetoric of the formation of data. Rhetoric, again, for… Read more From Rhetoric in the Data Set to Rhetoric on the Page
Learning Module 5 Recap and Next Time
We covered a lot of ground for some basics of getting to know your data a bit better: We talked… Read more Learning Module 5 Recap and Next Time
Check-in Survey
We are about a third of the way through the semester, believe it or not. Please complete this check-in survey… Read more Check-in Survey
White Paper Genre Examples
We will talk more in class soon about writing white papers. As you get to work on the Data-Driven White… Read more White Paper Genre Examples
Calculating Standard Deviation and Interquartile Range with Excel
Calculating Standard Deviation with Excel To calculate the standard deviation in Excel, you can use the following formula: =stdev() For… Read more Calculating Standard Deviation and Interquartile Range with Excel
Categorical Data and Bar Graphs
To create a bar graph in Excel, I recommend simply taking the counts for each categorical value. Then in one… Read more Categorical Data and Bar Graphs
Numeric Data and Histograms
Something approximating a normal distribution means that most of the values are clustered around the middle. When you have a… Read more Numeric Data and Histograms
Creating a Histogram
You can do that in Excel through the following steps (this is for PC; for a Mac, this is a… Read more Creating a Histogram