The basis of working with data
Framing the right question, source reliability, sampling and missing data.
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Reading Data: Analysis and Visualisation with AI
Cleaning messy data, making sense of it and turning it into a table you can decide from. Excel and AI together.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Format
- On-site / Online
- Level
- Introductory to intermediate
- Category
- Data & Sales
Most organisations have data but no habit of reading it. This programme shortens the time spent wrestling with spreadsheets and puts the real work — getting a decision out of the data — at the centre. Participants work with their own data.
Who it is for
- Teams that work with reports but struggle with analysis
- People who know Excel and want to move faster with AI
- Specialists preparing management presentations
By the end of this programme
- Start an analysis with the right question and assess the source
- Clean messy data into something workable
- Build analysis with AI support and verify the results
- Choose the chart that fits what you are trying to say
- Turn a finding into a narrative you can present to management
Programme content
Cleaning messy data
Fixing formats, duplicates, merging and transforming; repeatable cleaning steps.
AI-supported analysis
Getting the table into the model correctly, generating formulas and analysis, and checking the output.
Visualisation
Choosing correctly between comparison, distribution, time series and composition charts; avoiding misleading graphics.
Interpretation and decision
Correlation versus causation, bias traps and supporting a decision with data.
Turning it into a presentation
Building a narrative from findings, the one-page summary and the structure of a management presentation.