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Thursday, April 19, 2018
E305: OpenRefine: Cleaning & Standardizing Data
3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Working with semi-structured or malformed data requires skills that cross disciplines. Fortunately there are tools that make cleaning and standardizing data easier. Waller provides an introduction to OpenRefine: basic strategies for its use; necessary technology and software and the Chrome browser, or its open-source sibling, Chromium, which are needed for full compatibility with OpenRefine’s user interface. He also shares how he used SAS and OpenRefine to make the data sparkle and ensure a successful migration.