Building your data toolbox 🛠️

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Charts! Maps! Spreadsheets! We are all aware of how important these are, and have probably already learned to use programs in school to make tables and diagrams. We are building on these basic tools. Try the Paper Spreadsheet exercise from DataBasic.

Will work with this website with recommendations along the Data Pipeline methodology. Start your own Data Toolbox today!

(Explore feature in Google Sheets). Your office program packs in a lot of functionality - in this case, a tool that automatically analyses and visualizes your data with just a couple of clicks.

OpenRefine is a great tool for exploring and cleaning your data, with lots of online tutorials (Berkeley). It is an important tool in many data journalists toolboxes, and helps you to be careful and transparent in how you work with data.