How stakeholders’ data literacy contributes to student success in higher education: a goal-oriented analysis

Table 1 A data literacy competencies matrix (Ridsdale et al., 2015)

Competencies area	Competencies
Data collection	Data Discovery and Collection
Data collection	Evaluating and Ensuring the Quality of Data and Sources
Data management	Data Organization
	Data Manipulation
	Data Conversion (from format to format)
	Metadata Creation and Use
	Data Curation, Security, and Reuse
	Data Preservation
Data evaluation	Data Tools
	Basic Data Analysis
	Data Interpretation (Understanding Data)
	Identifying Problems Using Data
	Data Visualization
	Presenting Data (Verbally)
	Data-Driven Decisions Making (DDDM) (Making decisions based on data)
Data application	Critical Thinking
	Data Culture
	Data Ethics
	Data Citation
	Data Sharing
	Evaluating Decisions Based on Data