Today we wrap up season one with the final episode of Quantified. Our topic? How can we be good students of data and what are the steps we can take to start out our data journey right. Please welcome back  InterWorks training lead Katie Wagner to help us navigate our way. 

It's episode six, and Will Jones joins the show to share how we communicate data with others. We talk about the importance of understanding your audience, streamlining your message and presenting data in ways that are easy to consume.

In this episode of Quantified, data analysis takes center stage. InterWorks Principal and Analytics Practice Lead Ben Bausiligives us a high-level rundown of what it really means to make sense of your data. We walk through how to use analytics to describe and understand our world and the real-world benefits it offers users when done well.

The secret to successful data analysis, you ask? Excellent data preparation. In episode four, we welcome back Matthew Brimer to talk about the ins and outs of data prep. Tune in to learn the ingredients needed to make your analysis sizzle.

Once you've collected the data, you need a way to store it, right? What good is collecting it if you can't properly store it in a way that's easy to keep and also easy to recall?

This week, Garrett is joined by solutions architect Matthew Brimer to talk about all the different ways data can be stored.

On this episode of Quantified, host Garrett Sauls welcomes back InterWorks analytics consultant and training lead Katie Wagner to discuss data collection. Katie shares some manual and automated processes for acquiring data, responsibilities and ethics that inherently come with data collection, and important questions we can ask to enhance data accuracy. Join us for our second-ever episode of Quantified!

We're kicking off a new show aimed at getting to the roots of data - what it is, what it means and how we can work with it. We'll cover all of these topics and more over the course of the first season.

In the first episode, Garrett talks with Katie Wagner about what exactly data is. Everything from financial transactions to the spices in your cabinet. It'll make total sense later, trust us.

Quantified is produced by InterWorks, a people-focused consultancy delivering technology solutions to clients in search of premier service and expertise. Find out more at interworks.com.