EDF Data Literacy Professional

Course code: EDFDATALF

Numbers are central to our understanding of performance. They enable us to make informed
decisions. The way we determine success or failure is almost always based on numbers. We derive
great value from the stories that numbers tell, yet we rarely consider the significance of how we use them.
Data literacy is an umbrella term to cover all the skills required to understand, work with and share data effectively.
Understanding data requires a set of skills that are easy to learn, but in general far from intuitive. None of us are born with the capacity to understand data: it is a human abstract construct, so we all need to learn how to work with it.
We can learn a lot from our data in order to improve our processes and our lives. But before we get to the value of data, we need to have a better understanding of what data is and what it isn’t.

The Effective Data Foundation (EDF) is a private collaboration that aims to promote the effective use of data.