Individual Data Literacy Assessment

It is very useful for people new to data literacy to have a simple way to assess their foundational data literacy skills and mindsets, regardless of what role they play with data. Below is such an assessment.

Our assessment can be conducted via a questionnaire that consists of 22 questions divided into 6 dimensions:

  1. Understand Data
    This section assesses how well you understand raw data, including its type, classification, and properties, as well as how well you understand simple statistical terminology of various descriptive statistics.
  2. Interpret Business Requirements
    This section assesses how well you can understand the question being asked, identify relevant data, and how you can create proper key performance indicators.
  3. Create and Interpret Data Visualizations
    This section assesses how well you can both create and interpret data visualizations. Given this is a basic foundational data literacy assessment, the focus is only on basic visualizations.
  4. Apply the Human Element of Data Literacy
    This section assesses how well you understand cognitive bias and its impact on your perspective of data and information, as well as how well you can identify and apply techniques to mitigate the impact of bias.
  5. Communicate with Data
    This section assesses how well you can communicate insights and decisions using data.
  6. Mindsets
    This section assesses if you have the right mindsets to properly work with data.

    The results of the assessment can be used to develop a plan for addressing any identified issues and improving overall organizational performance.