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Data clean-up and management : a practical guide for librarians /

Data use in the library has specific characteristics and common problems. Data Clean-up and Management addresses these, and provides methods to clean up frequently-occurring data problems using readily-available applications. The authors highlight the importance and methods of data analysis and pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hogarth, Margaret
Other Authors: Furuta, Kenneth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2012.
Subjects:
Data editing.
Libraries > Data processing.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781780633473
1780633475
1843346729
9781843346722
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction (why this book is needed)
  • Commonalities
  • Defining data
  • Types of data issues
  • Microsoft Excel techniques
  • Data clean-up in Excel
  • Excel: combining data
  • Additional tools
  • Access techniques
  • Access forms
  • Access reports
  • Access queries
  • Data clean-up in Access
  • Access
  • combining data
  • Strategies for missing data
  • Qualitative data
  • ROI
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Data quality policy
  • Next steps.

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