This lesson introduces students to basic descriptive statistics used for initial data analysis. The lesson teaches students how to run introductory calculations in Microsoft Excel in order to begin to see what stories might exist in the data.
This lesson introduces students to working with a spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Students learn how to clean up a spreadsheet in Excel, keep a data diary and set up a data dictionary.
Students will explore data journalism projects on both the professional and student level and brainstorm how data might be used in their own reporting.