Data Queries
How do you pull information out of a database to find what you need? This is a specialized skill, but very useful in a range of fields.
Developing this competency involves …
- Becoming familiar with and comfortable using a range of software tools for creating and manipulating data, such as Excel, MySQL, SPSS, or ARCGIS.
- Learning how flat and relational databases are structured, and how to filter, sort, and query these databases to find relevant information.
Data Analysis
Data analysis is one of the most desirable skills for a wide range of careers, and there are a lot of different ways to do it.
Developing this competency involves …
- Becoming familiar with and comfortable using a range of software tools for analyzing data, such as Excel, MySQL, SPSS, ARCGIS, or R Studio.
- Learning to use formulae, functions, or coded instructions to analyze data within one or more software tools.
Critical Data Visualization
Ever made a pie chart or mapped a progression over time? You’ve done some data visualization.
Developing this competency involves …
- Learning to critically interpret and evaluate arguments or meaning constructed through various different visual representations of data (e.g., charts, graphs, maps, timelines, infographics).
- Learning to effectively present data in one or more visual formats and choose the format most appropriate to given audiences, topics, or content.
Content on this page can be credited to Bryn Mawr College, “Bryn Mawr Digital Competencies Framework” (2016). Blended Learning Research and Open Educational Resources. 3.
https://repository.brynmawr.edu/oer/3
