How do you define data literacy?
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How do we measure the quality of unstructured social media data? Specially in the age of GenAI, how to improve data quality? This may be a little longer topic to discuss. I would love to hear your perspective. Open to connect on Linkedin for further discussions. https://www.linkedin.com/in/neeragarwal/
I completely agree that data literacy is for everyone, and I appreciate the emphasis on transparency around data creation. One perspective I’d add is that data literacy isn’t just limited to 'quality' data being accessible. A big part of data literacy is also the ability to assess, question, and work with imperfect or incomplete data, since, in reality, data is rarely perfect. Data literacy is a foundational skill that contributes to a broader data culture within a company, and a strong data literacy culture ensures people can make informed decisions while being mindful of data limitations.
Data literacy is when people who aren't especially technical are able to use data to glean important information, analyse it and use it to support or argue their business ideas.
When an individual has the ability to read, write and communicate data, all while understanding the data and the context in which it is presented. It is also understanding what the data shows and by it's absence what it does not show. You can't really read between with lines or read in too much to what is there and be within the scope of what data literacy entails.
Having the ability to analyze and understand data to the extent decisions can be made to provide value.
Understanding what data you are working with and how the data interconnects.
Data literacy is for everyone in a company. It is when quality data is highly accessible to those that need to know, has great transparency to how and when it came about, and is used by all levels of an organization to make timely data driven decisions that moves the business to actions that drive positive business outcomes. To do this data literacy must include the understanding of data and the processes that created the data, the ability to analyze and make sense of what the data is telling us, and ultimately the ability to visualize and tell data stories that move individuals/departments/groups to action. All this at the speed of that business.