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Pavel Kogut Post 1

• 3 July 2020, 3:18 PM • Edited by the author on 10 July 2020, 11:01 AM

Data literacy

In your opinion, what are the main barriers to data literacy?

Susie McAleer Post 2 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 13 July 2020, 11:55 AM
Knowledge and skills. Data is a complex mystery to the average civil servant.
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Paul Rooster Post 3 (summarised) in reply to 2

• 14 July 2020, 4:16 PM
Some people are too afraid of tech - also requires a new mindset to embrace...
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Opeyemi Ajala Post 4 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 17 July 2020, 4:51 PM
In my opinion, one major barrier to data literacy is the unwillingness of the...
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Pavel Kogut Post 5 (summarised) in reply to 4

• 21 July 2020, 9:35 PM
Interesting. In that case, they make decisions based on instincts and...
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Ana Podberiozkina Post 6 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 23 July 2020, 8:17 PM
Lack of motivation, ability or willingness
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Viktor De Naeyer Post 7 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 11 August 2020, 4:23 PM
Additionally to what has been suggested before, I think a lack of...
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Ryzhyi Oleksandr Post 8 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 18 August 2020, 2:42 PM
Lack of concepts and information regarding the use of data and as a...
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Michael O Post 9 (summarised) in reply to 8

• 19 August 2020, 10:19 AM
In some institutions they might rely on old methods and/or leadership that...
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Lorenz Blume Post 10 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 21 August 2020, 10:07 AM
In my opinion, the costs of data collection and analysis are one of the main...
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stock Simon Post 11 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 28 August 2020, 2:19 PM
It's sometimes difficult to understand the data without extra information....
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Mihael Petrinjak Post 12 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 30 August 2020, 8:01 PM
Lack of understanding of concept, interest in subject, etc. It's relatively...
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Filip Mahieu Post 13 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 1 September 2020, 8:47 AM

Personnel / triggering

 A problem is nice visualisation, indeed. Politicians /...
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Lovro Sojic Post 14 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 4 September 2020, 3:05 PM
The mindset of people, I think is the biggest problem. If a big collection of...
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Tatiana Gallon Post 15 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 2 October 2020, 8:34 AM
A good way to visualise the data. When we are working with a external...
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Bert Jacobs Post 16 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 12 October 2020, 3:09 PM
1) Working with big datasets can be intimidating. 2) you need to have some...
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Maria Salonen Post 19 (summarised) in reply to 16

• 10 November 2020, 11:38 AM
I fully agree with these views. Further barriers are lack of easy-to-use...
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Adrian Garcia Thorp Post 17 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 2 November 2020, 9:39 AM
Hi, I think the lack of data skills to process large datasets is a big barrier
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Michaela Smit Post 18 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 6 November 2020, 11:19 AM
Knowledge and skill
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Henry Patzig Post 20 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 11 December 2020, 8:51 AM
New data sets and data analytics capabilities advance in a rapid rate policy...
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Ivana Paulusova Post 21 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 2 January 2021, 9:10 PM
I would say the main barrier is the lack of coding/programming skills that...
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Joan Estrada Post 22 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 2 February 2021, 9:41 AM
In my opinion, the main barriers to data literacy are: Lack of competent...
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Farhana Chowdhury Post 23 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 20 February 2021, 9:20 PM
The skills needed to understand and interpret data. The complex technology...
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Mohammad Pasha Post 24 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 16 March 2021, 10:56 AM

The main barriers to data literacy?

 1. lack of openness in terms of sharing...
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Marco Di Salvo Post 25 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 17 June 2021, 4:39 PM
There's no awareness of the importance of data literacy.
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Mohammad Rahman Post 26 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 18 June 2021, 9:25 PM
Given the background I came from, it is nearly impossible to get the...
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Stacey Shaw Post 27 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 9 November 2021, 2:35 PM
I think a really big barrier to data literacy is public concern that not all...
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louise Stokes Post 28 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 29 November 2021, 11:17 AM
the data itself. we need to ensure the data is correct
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Greg Wade Post 29 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 13 September 2023, 2:20 PM
I would say fear - in terms of lacking confidence and skills, especially if...
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Lauren Pennycook Post 30 (summarised) in reply to 1

• 18 September 2023, 10:59 AM
Skills, knowledge, and confidence. In some cases, a culture set by senior...
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