Data organisation with spreadsheets
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This episode is based on the Data Carpentries’s Data Analysis and Visualisation in R for Ecologists lesson.
-Spreadsheet programs -
+Spreadsheet programs
Question
- What are basic principles for using spreadsheets for good data organization? @@ -381,9 +431,7 @@
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Challenge: Discuss the following points with -your neighbour -
+Challenge: Discuss the following points with your neighbour
- Have you used spreadsheets, in your research, courses, or at home? @@ -430,8 +478,7 @@
- Formatting problems
- Exporting data
Using spreadsheets for d
Formatting data tables in spreadsheets -
+Formatting data tables in spreadsheets
Questions
- How do we format data in spreadsheets for effective data use?
Objectives
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Challenge: We’re going to take a messy dataset -and describe how we would clean it up. -
+Challenge: We’re going to take a messy dataset and describe how we would clean it up.
Download a messy dataset by clicking here.
Open up the data in a spreadsheet program.
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Challenge: We’re going to take a messy dataset
Challenge: Once you have tidied up the data, -answer the following questions: -
+Challenge: Once you have tidied up the data, answer the following questions:
- How many men and women took part in the study?
- How many A, AB, and B types have been tested? @@ -581,8 +624,7 @@
Challenge: Once you have tidied up the data,
An excellent reference, in particular with regard to R scripting is the Tidy Data paper @Wickham:2014.
Common spreadsheet errors -
+Common spreadsheet errors
Questions
- What are some common challenges with formatting data in spreadsheets and how can we avoid them? @@ -851,8 +893,7 @@
Inclusion of metadata in data tableCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.)
Exporting data -
+Exporting data
Question
- How can we export data from spreadsheets in a way that is useful for downstream applications? @@ -981,8 +1022,7 @@
Caveats on commasSummary
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Summary
A typical data analysis workflow is illustrated in the figure above, @@ -1000,8 +1040,7 @@
Caveats on commas
Key Points -
+Key Points
- Good data organization is the foundation of any research project. @@ -1029,7 +1068,7 @@
Key Points - Next: R and RStudio... + Next: R and RStudio...
Key Points
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Materials licensed under CC-BY 4.0 by the authors
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Template licensed under CC-BY 4.0 by The Carpentries
- Built with sandpaper (0.16.4), pegboard (0.7.5), and varnish (1.0.2)
+ Built with sandpaper (0.16.10), pegboard (0.7.7), and varnish (1.0.5)
This lesson is subject to the Code of Conduct
- + Edit on GitHub - + | Contributing | Source
Materials licensed under CC-BY 4.0 by the authors
- +Template licensed under CC-BY 4.0 by The Carpentries
-Built with sandpaper (0.16.4), pegboard (0.7.5), and varnish (1.0.2)
+Built with sandpaper (0.16.10), pegboard (0.7.7), and varnish (1.0.5)