Data Literacy : A User's Guide /: A User's Guide. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Herzog.
• Authors: Herzog, David, 1963-
• Contents: Chapter 1: Data Defined; Climbing the pyramid; A brief history of the data world; Data file formats; Chapter 2: Clues for uncovering data; Why agencies collect, analyze, publish data; Clues from data entry; Clues from reports; Tricks to uncover forms and reports; On your own; Chapter 3: Online databases; Destination: data portals; Statistical stockpiles; Agency sites; Non-governmental resources; Data search tricks; Don’t forget the road map; On your own; Chapter 4: Identifying and requesting offline data; Other clues for offline data; Find the data nerd; Requesting the data; Writing the data request; FOIA in action; Negotiating through obstacles; Getting help; On your own; Chapter 5: Data dirt is everywhere; All data are dirty; Detecting dirt in agricultural data; Changed rules = changed data; On your own; Chapter 6: Data integrity checks; Big-picture checks; Detailed checks; On your own; Chapter 7: Getting your data in shape; Column carving<br /> Concatenate to paste; Date tricks; Power scrubbing with OpenRefine; Extracting data from PDFs; On your own; Chapter 8: Number summaries and comparisons; Simple summary statistics; Compared to what?; Benchmarking; On your own; Chapter 9: Calculating summary statistics and number comparisons; Sum crimes by year; Minimum and maximum numbers; Amount change; Stepping up to percent change; Running rates; Running ratios; Percent of total; More summarizing; On your own; Chapter 10: Spreadsheets as database managers; Sorting; Filtering records; Grouping and summarizing; On your own; Chapter 11: Visualizing your data; Data visualization defined; Some best practices; Chapter 12: Charting choices; Visualizing data with charts; On your own; Chapter 13: Charting in Excel; Pie chart; Horizontal bar charts; Column and line charts; Scatterplot; Stock chart; Sparklines; On your own; Chapter 14: Charting with Web tools; Online visualization options; Evaluating web visualization platforms; Creating Fusion Table charts; On your own; Chapter 15: Taking analysis to the next level; Database managers; Statistical programs;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 006.312; Data mining; Statistics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483378671; 1483378675
• Related ISBNs: 9781483333465
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