This certification includes:
- Hands-on data skills
- Choosing the appropriate visualization form
- Easily reading the data and drawing the right conclusions.
- Acquiring software-independent skills
- Gaining skills that are suitable for any tool (e.g., Cognos, PowerBI, SAS, Tableau, or Excel)
- Gaining an insight into developing a user-friendly dashboard
- Learning skills to make data more readable and comprehensible
- Enabling leaders and managers to make the right decisions
The certification guarantees that certified professionals possess the following skills and knowledge:
Visual and quantitative thinking:
- What is data visualization
- How our brain processes visual information
- What different types of data do
- How best to visualize data
Visualizing data effectively:
- How to make data easy and understandable to read
- The basic principles and guidelines
- The main pitfalls in data visualization
Building blocks of data visualization:
- Basic blocks of data visualization
- When to use a table and when to use a graph
- Types of table/graph to use in given situations
- Creating a composite visualization,
- Utilizing a management dashboard
Data processing & data storytelling:
- The data visualization process
- Data storytelling
- Arguing with data
- Making agreements within your organization,
- Developing a data visualization style guide
- Exam specifications: Number of questions: 60
- Duration (minutes) of exam: 60 min.
- Pass mark – X% (X marks): 65%
- Open/closed book: Open
- Language: English
- Paper based & online availability: Online exam (can be taken at our location in Nieuwegein)
