Data Wrangling

Updated March 2023

Learning How to Use Data

Library Carpentry – Software and data skills for people working in library- and information-related roles
Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library
WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education
Research Institute for Public Libraries

Collecting Data

Survey ToolsVisual Collaboration Tools
Google Forms
Office 365 Forms
LimeSurvey
SurveyMonkey
Qualtrics

… and so many more ….
Google Jamboard
Linoit
Mural
Miro
NoteBookCast
Padlet

Analyzing Data

Cleaning DataQuantitativeQualitative
Excel
OpenRefine – Free & open source
Excel
JMP
SPSS
Stata
R / R Studio
ATLAS.ti
Excel
MALLET
MAXQDA
NVivo
TAPoR (Text Analysis Portal for Research, University of Alberta)
TextAnnotator
Voyant Tools

Text Analysis Research Guide – Compiled & maintained by Ian Goodale, University of Texas at Austin Libraries

Visualizing Data

ToolsData Viz ExamplesGIS & Mapping
Databox
Microsoft Excel
Gephi
Google Data Studio
GraphViz
KNIME
KUMU – relationship mapping
Lexio by Narrative Science – data storytelling
Microsoft PowerBI
Tableau
Evergreen Data – https://stephanieevergreen.com
Flowing Data – https://flowingdata.com
Visualising Data – http://www.visualisingdata.com/
Visual Matters – https://visualmatters.com/
ArcGIS ArcGIS StoryMaps
Census Mapper (Canada)
Google My Maps
PolicyMap (U.S.)
Stephanie Evergreen’s Checklists
Data Visualization Checklist and online rating tool
Evaluation Report Layout Checklist (related blog post)
Kauffman Evaluation Report Guidance (related blog post)

Managing Data

Best Practices
FAIR Data Principles
GitHub
Canadian Resources
Digital Research Infrastructure in Canada from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
NDRIO: New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization
The Portage Network
Scholars Portal Dataverse
Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR)