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Data Translation

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Data Translation


Facilitator: Richard Dunks

Follow along at: http://bit.ly/data-trans

Data Translation by Richard Dunks is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License


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Welcome


Introduction

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  • Facilitators will cover the following skills: muting themselves, stopping their video, typing in chat box, raising their hand, sharing their screen

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  • Background in sociology --

  • Served in the US Army 2004 - 2009 --

  • DoD Contract Intelligence Analyst 2009 - 2012 --

  • 2014 CUSP Graduate --

  • Intern at the Mayor's Office of Data Analytics


Introduction

  • Started Datapolitan in June 2014 --

  • Developed a training program in data analytics for city employees --

  • Delivered over 250 learning events involving over 2,000 city employees around the US and Canada --

  • Provide strategy consulting and project work to government agencies and non-profit organizations --

  • Adjunct professor in the MPA program at Tulane University


Data Translation

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Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

  • Thomas Sowell, A Conflict of Visions --

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The Role of Data Analysis


What is Data?

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  • Data tells a story about something that's happened --

  • Can describe what happened directly or indirectly --

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What is Analysis?

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Analysis is simply the pursuit of understanding, usually through detailed inspection or comparison


Final Thoughts

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  • Data can tell a story, but doesn't speak for itself --

  • Good "translation" is about telling a true and compelling story


Contact Information


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Thank You!