OIT Holiday Survey Results: Text Version

Number of Respondents: 30

Question 1: What are your holiday plans? 

• 13 out of 30 responded "I'll be home for the holidays"
• 12 out of 30 responded "Traveling to visit family"
• 4 out of 30 responded "Doing a COVID stay-cation" 

Question 2: …

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Simply put, data science literacy is understanding what data means. This includes the ability to read graphs and charts, work with the data, analyze it, and draw conclusions from data.

We live in a data-driven world. Sometimes this data is cherry-picked, taken out of context, or misrepresented. People constantly make…

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