Review Your Data

Your Destination: Learn how to review your data, which is an important skill as it will help you find any data errors. Reviewing your data means you will correct your mistakes and make sure the data you entered is verified.  

Travel Kit: notebook, pen or pencil, completed survey data, Google Forms

On the Path: 

Step 1 Before starting data review, you need a complete set of data to look over. This can be the survey data that you collected and organized from Lesson 16. Keeping data accurate is important to properly understand the problems an organization may face.  

Step 2 As you look over your data, think of these questions: Does the data answer your original question(s)? Does the data help you defend against any objections? Are there any limitations on your conclusions, or any perspectives you have not considered? How does the data contribute to or alter your goals? 

Step 3 After reviewing your data, you should have a professional look over your database, summaries of your data and findings, and a road map on how to achieve the goals you found in your data.  

Group Tour: See if you and your partner come up with the same findings in the data. What were the similarities and differences? Any work you make should be reviewed by a fresh set of eyes. People can give different perspectives and new ideas you have not yet thought of. You may not agree with their critique of your work, but it is important to see where they are coming from and openly consider their feedback. 

Extend Your Journey: Review other collections of data that you have. Doing data review is a good skill to have handy for the future.  

Learn new vocabulary: accurate, review 

Find resources and visual aids: Access our blogpost, Review Data: https://artsphere.org/blog/review-data/

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