It is really important to know about how values are distributed in your data set or database. If you are… Read more Distributions and Measures of Variability

Randy Au argues that cleaning data is doing analysis. It is something that might come early in the analytical process,… Read more Cleaning Data / Doing Analysis

As we get into using Excel formulas, you might want to go to the “View” tab and select “Freeze Panes.”… Read more Counting and Measures of Central Tendency

Mode To find the mode, you can use the countif for each possible value if the range of values is… Read more Mode, Median, and Mean and Using in Excel

You are gonna want to see how much of anything you have in various columns. Most often, you will want… Read more Counting

Au mentioned “exploratory data analysis.” Once your data is cleaned (and, this could be a recursive process as you learn… Read more Filtering and Sorting

In this learning module, we explored: how we might utilize our working groups this semester the political nature and ethical… Read more Learning Module 4 Recap and Next Time

We are going to talk about cleaning more on March 1 and over the next few classes after that. Some… Read more Introduction to Data Cleaning

D’Ignazio and Klein write that questions about counting must be accompanied by questions about consent, as well as of personal… Read more Chapter 4 of Data Feminism: Balancing Tensions in Counting and Classifying

In the beginning of chapter 4, D’Ignazio and Klein cite activist Maria Munir, feminist geographer Joni Seager, and feminist sociologist… Read more Chapter 4 of Data Feminism: Counting and Classifying as Political