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Data Sense · Foundations

Certificate of Data Sense (Foundations)

We ask you to read a table, notice a missing period, and say what an average is hiding.

  • £55Test fees

  • 20 minTest time

  • 100Points

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Practice

Take the mock test

Five free questions in 20 minutes, with a score and short feedback. This mock does not award the real certificate.

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The paper

I'm ready for the real test

Twenty questions in 20 minutes. Complete candidate details and identity verification before the paid assessment. The real assessment is subject to invigilation by an authorised ENEBA invigilator to protect exam integrity; consent is required before beginning.

I'm ready for the real test

What we test

If you are asked to report a figure and you want to know what it actually says.

Syllabus

  • Rows, columns, and a unit that was never written down
  • Mean, median, and a single huge number that drags the mean
  • A bar chart with a chopped axis
  • Percentages of what, exactly
  • A claim in a headline, and the table underneath it
  • Writing one sentence a manager can use without overclaiming

Recommended reading

OpenIntro Statistics, descriptive chapters

OpenIntro

Mean, median, and what a single large value does to an average. The book is free.

How Charts Lie

Alberto Cairo

A chopped axis, a missing year, and a picture that overclaims.

The Art of Statistics

David Spiegelhalter

What a percentage is a percentage of, in plain language.

Where this certificate is used

Research assistant

Enter a survey, check the obvious mistakes, and flag the row that cannot be right.

Team administrator

A weekly count of enquiries that does not double-count the person who wrote twice.

Junior reporter or comms assistant

Refuse a percentage until you know the denominator.

The sitting

20 questions, 5 points each, 20 minutes. The real assessment is subject to invigilation by an authorised ENEBA invigilator to protect exam integrity. You will be asked to consent before beginning. You receive the points you score.