Data Literacy Courses and Certifications

Data – What It Is, What We Can Do With It

186 ratings at Coursera

Learn to interpret descriptive statistics, causal analyses, and visualizations: build guiding theories, design research studies for causal inference, and evaluate data-driven claims as a critical consumer of analytics.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

Understanding Data: Navigating Statistics, Science, and AI

60 ratings at Coursera

Evaluate statistics behind headlines, advertisements, and research, see how science turns data into knowledge, and question AI narratives and predictions — no math or programming required.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

How to Describe Data

29 ratings at Coursera

Evaluate the statistics in headlines, advertisements, and research: judge what makes a statistic useful, weigh uncertainty in measurements, and discuss, present, and question data sets.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Intro to Data for Data Science

1101 ratings at Udemy

Learn the basics of data and how data are used in data science.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Data-Backed Decision Making

Build a working data vocabulary — metrics, charts, data quality, correlation versus causation, statistical significance — and use the data pipeline and governance to drive confident decisions.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Statistics and data literacy for non-statisticians

2572 ratings at Udemy

Learn the key terms and analysis methods in statistics

• Udemy
• 1 hour 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Career Certificate

Data Analysis for Decision-Making

Become a data citizen: build data literacy, organize and clean data in Excel, and explore insights in Tableau to inform data-driven decisions.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $672.00
• 3 courses

Critical Evaluation in Data Science: Data, the World, and You

Are you a professional who needs to interpret data to make sound business decisions or recommendations? Are you responsible for representing data in reports or other professional publications? Perhaps

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding Data – Practical Foundations for Non-Tech Students

A practical introduction to data literacy for non-technical learners, from collection and cleaning through statistical thinking, visualization, ethics, and informed decisions.

• Swayam
• 6 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Unpacking Data – Practical Foundations for Non-Tech Students

Practical data literacy for non-technical learners, from collecting and cleaning data to visualizing it and evaluating data-driven claims.

• Swayam
• Available until Nov 15, 2026
• Free Online Course

Boxplay

Data Analytics: A Fast-Track Guide to Becoming Data-Led

Gain essential data literacy skills and drive your decision making using data-led analysis.

• edX
• 1 week, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UNED Abierta

Data Skills for Global Development Training Programme (5ed. 2026-2027)

Build data skills for the global development sector: find and assess data sources, analyse quantitative data, and visualise and communicate results to non-specialists.

• UNED Abierta
• 25 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

UNED Abierta

Habilidades de Gestión de Datos para la Cooperación al Desarrollo (5ed. 2026-2027)

Adquiere competencias en datos para el desarrollo global: busca y evalúa fuentes, analiza datos cuantitativos, visualízalos y comunica resultados a públicos no expertos.

• UNED Abierta
• 25 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

What is Data Science?

77901 ratings at Coursera

Learn what data science is and what data scientists do, covering big data, machine learning and deep learning concepts, business applications, and how to get hired.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Dados para o Bem

11849 ratings at FGV Educação Executiva

Introduz o uso responsável de dados para enfrentar desafios sociais e apoiar o desenvolvimento sustentável, com atenção ao impacto na vida dos jovens.

• FGV Educação Executiva
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate