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The attendance data desk: Data assistant

A school studies fictional library visits, using totals without student names. You play the data assistant and work through 9 short levels, about 14 minutes in all. Where you start: Cleaning makes records consistent while preserving what is unknown. The work connects to careers such as data analyst and statistician. It is free, and your reflection stays private.

Your path

Read a small table, ask a better question.

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The attendance data desk

  1. Easy startClean without inventingStart this level
  2. Guided exampleWatch the approach
  3. Try a taskRepeated entry
  4. Try a taskArithmetic check
  5. Try a taskClean a table
  6. Try a taskA missing value note
  7. Bring it togetherA tempting fix
  8. Your reflectionPause and notice
  9. Look backWhat the work involved

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What does a data assistant do in this activity?

A school studies fictional library visits, using totals without student names.

Read a small table, ask a better question.

Where you start: Cleaning makes records consistent while preserving what is unknown.

A worked situation: A list contains Monday, monday and an empty day.

  1. Standardise the two written labels.
  2. Keep the empty day marked missing.

What are the levels?

  1. Clean without inventing, easy start, under a minute
  2. Watch the approach, guided example, 1 minute
  3. Repeated entry, try a task, 2 minutes
  4. Arithmetic check, try a task, 2 minutes
  5. Clean a table, try a task, 2 minutes
  6. A missing value note, try a task, 2 minutes
  7. A tempting fix, bring it together, 3 minutes
  8. Pause and notice, your reflection, 1 minute
  9. What the work involved, look back, under a minute

Which careers is this work part of?

  • Data Analyst

    Turn recorded data into a checked explanation for a decision.

  • Statistician

    Use data and mathematical reasoning to learn while describing uncertainty.

The other role in this workplace: Research lead

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