Building Causal Data Stories
Issued by
Purdue University Online
This course teaches students how to think about research – from data collection to data analysis to reporting results – as a narrative process. Rooted in basic statistics, the course provides students who have some numeric literacy a clear and direct path for advancing from reportable results to stories with impact. This course will emphasize how to construct numeric stories that demonstrate causality.
Additional DetailsEarning Criteria
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Enumerate and defend the core relationships between research design and story-building, as well as define a valid causal inference and possible fallacies.
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Generate hypotheses based on data, explain how the hypotheses could be tested, and show how to translate different experimental designs and data pools into stories.
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Restoring the importance of counterfactual arguments: carefully considering all viable alternatives before accepting the obvious ones.