Customized Trainings on Data Visualization Using Tableau for the Philippine Statistics Authority successfully held
Customized Trainings on Data Visualization Using Tableau for the Philippine Statistics Authority Successfully Held
Posted March 24, 2021
In keeping with its mandate of delivering relevant and useful capacity building activities focused on statistics, the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute (PSRTI) conducted two customized training courses on Data Visualization Using Tableau for the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The first batch was conducted on March 1-3, 2021 while the second one was held on March 10-12, 2021.
Resource Person Ms. Kristine Briones delivers her lecture on the components of effective visualizations. Training materials at PSRTI are designed to be visually appealing so as to ensure lectures and discussions are lively and interactive.Breakout Rooms is a Zoom feature that enables the training team to split participants into focus groups where they can privately discuss and work on their outputs and projects for workshops. The Resource Person and training team would be on standby while Breakout Room sessions are ongoing, ready to give assistance when requested.Ms. Mae Abigail Miralles of PSA gamely shares her insights and impressions of the training course during the Closing Ceremonies of the March 1-3 batch of attendees. Participant impressions commended the friendly atmosphere of the training, which enabled them to remain relaxed even while learning a brand new software.Interim Assistant National Statistician of the Community Based Statistics Service Ms. Plenee Castillo gave her closing remarks, where she thanked the participants for their active participation and relentless pursuit of self-improvement and the Resource Person and training team for creating a conducive learning atmosphere.Training Division Chief Statistical Specialist Ms. Pinky Peña delivers her closing remarks where she thanked and appreciated everybody’s effort to make the training course a success in terms of conduct and new knowledge gained.Participants of the first batch of training (March 1-3, 2021) pose for a class picture with the training team: training coordinators Mr. Danny Loayon and Ms. Ana Macaraig (top row, second and third from left), Resource Person Ms. Kristine Briones (top row, second from right), training coordinators Mr. Zed Ganan and Mr. Jao Cuartero (second row, first and second from left), Training Division Chief Statistical Specialist Ms. Pinky Peña (fourth row, second from left), and PSRTI Executive Director III Ms. Josefina V. Almeda, PhD (fourth row, fourth from left).Participants of the second batch of training (March 10-12, 2021) present their best smiles for the virtual camera in a class picture with the training team: training coordinators Mr. Jao Cuartero and Ms. Nelle Barcena (top row, first and sixth from left), Training Division Chief Statistical Specialist Ms. Pinky Peña (third row, third from right), training coordinator Ms. Ana Macaraig (fourth row, third from right), and PSRTI Executive Director III Ms. Josefina V. Almeda, PhD (bottom row, leftmost). Some class photos span two “pages” due to the limit of participant videos that can be displayed onscreen. In this photo, the second page of participants from the March 10-12, 2021 training pose with the training team: Resource Person Ms. Kristine Briones (top row, leftmost), training coordinators Ms. Fay Ignacio and Mr. Jao Cuartero (top row, second and third from left), training coordinator Ms. Nelle Barcena (second row, leftmost), Training Division Chief Statistical Specialist Ms. Pinky Peña (third row, rightmost), training coordinator Ms. Ana Macaraig (fourth row, rightmost), and PSRTI Executive Director III Ms. Josefina V. Almeda, PhD (bottom row, third from left).
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Participants of the first group are technical staff from the Community Based Statistics Service (CBSS) and other services of PSA, while attendees in second group are representatives of the PSA field offices. The resource person for both trainings is Ms. Kristine Joy S. Briones, a technical consultant for the review and development of the Multidimensional Poverty Index of the Philippines, a Young Lives Research Associate, and a consultant at the University of Oxford. She is also a data visualization resource person of the PSA.
A total of 70 participants attended, with 34 from the first batch and 36 from the second. The 3-day training focused on understanding the basic concepts of data visualization and the key skills needed to interpret, analyze, and create data visualizations. These were then enhanced by hands-on activities that equipped the participants with the tools and knowledge on how to create meaningful and effective data visualizations using Tableau Public.
All the participants were given various exercises throughout the duration of the training to test their knowledge and understanding of the topics being discussed. Then, these small activities culminated in the final workshop where participants were grouped and tasked with preparing a handful number of visualizations for the final presentation to the resource person and the rest of their co-participants.
In one closing ceremony of the training, the Interim Assistant National Statistician of the Community Based Statistics Service Ms. Plenee Grace J. Castillo gave her closing remarks that lauded the enthusiasm of the participants in absorbing the learnings gained. IANS Castillo also expressed the appreciation of PSA to the training team, from the resource person to the facilitators and coordinators that ensured an enjoyable and fruitful learning experience.
The impressions given by selected participants summarized their overall opinion of the trainings. Notable is their comment that, “The training was carefully and deliberately set-up in order to achieve the objectives of the activity, that is, that the participants would be able to learn and gain insights on the utilization of tableau and its application.” This inspiring comment ended with, “Personally, the environment that was created for the training was friendly and there was indeed a room for learning and knowledge/capability building or development.”
