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Survival Skills: Formatting Information for Analysis

Spreadsheets and data tables are tools to store and organize information collected from scholarly research or administrative projects, teaching, or class work. Whether you are exporting the data to other programs (such as R or Python) or keeping it in your spreadsheet program (such as Excel, Numbers, or LibreOffice), good organization is the key to making your tables useful for analysis or reference.

By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:

  • Implement better practices in data and information organization
  • Identify and address common formatting mistakes, including handling dates, numbers, and text
  • Be aware of basic quality control features
  • Effectively export data from spreadsheet programs to universal formats

For any questions, please contact the workshop instructor amanda.schilling@ou.edu

Requirements

  • Pre-requisites: none
  • Software requirements: none, discussion only.
  • Registration is required to receive Zoom link.
  • Minimum registrations for workshop to be hosted is 10.

Accessibility

  • Materials - The curriculum is freely available.
  • Format - This workshop will be offered online via Zoom.
  • Scheduling
    • This workshop is typically offered once in the spring semester.
    • This workshop can also be scheduled on request
    • We have no scheduled breaks during this one-hour workshop.  
  • Captioning - Automatic captioning will be provided via Zoom.
  • For additional accommodations on the basis of disability, please contact the workshop instructor amanda.schilling@ou.edu

Date:
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 11:00am
Location:
Virtual
Campus:
Bizzell Memorial Library
Categories:
Research Workshops—OU Libraries
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