Explain the result honestly — Data Analyst · Pretender
Your analysis for a fictional school found that students who eat breakfast have better grades. The head teacher wants to announce 'breakfast makes you smarter'.
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Your role
You're the data analyst (in this game).
Your goal
Accurate, clear and still useful.
What you know
- Students who eat breakfast also tend to sleep more and have more stable routines.
Limits
- Don't make students who skip breakfast feel blamed.
Success looks like
- Accurate — Correlation, not causation.
- Clear — Anyone can understand.
- Kind — Helpful, not blaming.
Skills you used
- Clear explaining — Making ideas easy to understand.
- Responsibility — Knowing when to act and when to ask for help.
In real life
'Correlation is not causation' is one of the first lessons in data analysis. Analysts must explain results honestly, even when a simpler headline would be more exciting.
Data Analyst
Turn numbers into honest answers.
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