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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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data literacy program

/ˈdeɪtə ˈlɪtərəsi ˈproʊɡræm/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Training that teaches everyone to read the dashboard and no one to ask who built it.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. An organized effort to raise staff competence in reading, interpreting, and reasoning with data.

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See also
  • data evangelistOne who brings the good news that the data exists, and is not asked whether it is correct.
  • data quality scorecardA panel of green squares whose thresholds were set after the squares were already green.