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Business data literacy competencies |
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Business data literacy competencies (Pothier & Condon, 2019) |
Description of business data literacy competency |
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Data organization and storage |
focuses on foundational data management practices |
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Understanding data used in business contexts |
involves identifying sources or potential sources of data and thinking critically about the use of the data |
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Evaluating the quality of data sources |
involves critically evaluating how data was generated, who created or generated it, and how is it being analyzed and interpreted |
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Interpreting data |
highlights the importance of knowledgeably decoding data in order to apply findings effectively |
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Data-driven decision making |
emphasizes the data has the power to effect change by enabling decision makers to make deliberate and informed choices. |
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Communicating and presenting effectively with data |
“is about extracting a meaningful and cogent narrative from the data” (Pothier & Condon, 2020). |
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Data ethics and security |
embodies the “responsibility to approach collection, interpretation, use, and security of data ethically and with integrity” (Pothier & Condon, 2019). |
