Statistics - Data Visualisation
10 & 11 June 2025
Summary
- Certificate of Attendance - Free
- Tutor is available to students
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Overview
The ability to visually communicate statistics to a broad audience is an increasingly important skill for many people working in data-driven environments. Yet this skill is all too often overlooked on academic curricula.
This introductory course provides the background context, essential theory and practical guidance needed to develop confidence in the effective use of data visualisation. It will be held on the 10 & 11 June 2025.
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Certificate of Attendance
Hard copy certificate - Included
Description
The ability to visually communicate statistics to a broad audience is an increasingly important skill for many people working in data-driven environments. Yet this skill is all too often overlooked on academic curricula.
This introductory course provides the background context, essential theory and practical guidance needed to develop confidence in the effective use of data visualisation.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, attendees will have gained:
Proficiency in data visualisation design
Awareness of various visualisation methods and when/why to use them
Practical experience of applying visualisation concepts
Topics Covered
Day one of the course will cover the history and purpose of data visualisation, the audience, visual perception, colour, handling and describing data, statistical relationships in data (identifying and prioritising), chart types and their uses – the visual vocabulary.
Day two will examine visualisations, titles, annotations, copy, platforms (print/online/social media), tools, animation, interactivity, specific challenges -- e.g. showing uncertainty and volatility, and putting it all together -- practical exercises.
Who is this course for?
This course would be helpful to a broad range of professionals who need to communicate statistical information to a wide audience -- including researchers, analysts, journalists and marketing and communications professionals.
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Provider
'Our vision is a world where data are at the heart of understanding and decision-making.'
We are the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) one of the world’s leading organisations advocating for the importance of statistics and data. We’re a professional body for all statisticians and data analysts – wherever they may live.
We have more than 10,000 members in the UK and across the world. As a charity, we advocate for the key role of statistics and data in society, and work to ensure that policy formulation and decision making are informed by evidence for the public good.
RSS focuses on strengthening the discipline of statistics, teaching statistical literacy, developing professional skills and campaigning for effective use of statistics for the public good.
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