Topics covered:
Making sense of information
Relevant understanding of the concerned issue
Analyze data and information
Interpretation of data and assess relevance of evidence
The main aspects of conspiracy theories
Beyond data and information – knowledge and wisdom
You will learn to:
make sense of information
get from data and information to knowledge and wisdom
minimize the danger of conspiracy theories and disinformation
judge competing explanatory claims
make decision about which alternative explanations are more convincing
establish causation and confirm or eliminate a hypothesis
Table of contents
1. Making sense of information
2. Steps how to get to the relevant understanding of the concerned issue
3. Practical tools when making sense of information
4. Basic principles when making sense of information
5. Conspiracy theories and bad practices
6. Beyond data and information – knowledge and wisdom