Assessing individual data literacy

As per our belief, data literacy is not one-size-fits-all. Not only is it specific to the role that you play with data, but there are also different levels. Therefore, a single data literacy assessment that is used by everyone, regardless of their level or how they interact with data, is not practical or useful. Assessing someone’s skills around preparing data is not relevant to a person whose role with data involves only reviewing insights generated by others.

However, 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. In this chapter, we will provide you with such an assessment. In the end, we will provide you with a link to a more robust assessment you can complete online if you want to go deeper.

This 22-question self-assessment, shown in Figure 12.1, can be completed in about 15 minutes. For each statement...