Research with Data: Part II Organizing & Manipulating Your Data Kara Jackman Archivist and Preservation Librarian Ask A Question
Where are the most frequent 311 calls for service about rodents made? How many of them does the City of Boston close, or address? Download & Manipulate Filter Using Excel
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• Identify patterns using WTFCSV Enter Focused Data Set into CSVWTF
• https://databasic.io/en/wtfcsv/#sample • This website will create visualizations, interpret data in a variety of ways Use Batch Geo to Make A Map
• https://batchgeo.com/features/map-excel- data/ • https://batchgeo.com/map/553a4924ed4aed 67c9e4cd40ffcdbb90 Other Visualization Tools
• TimelineJS – creates Timelines for free • http://timeline.knightlab.com – This website will build a timeline like the one I made for the United Methodist Women’s 150th Anniversary celebration Examples of Visualizations
• http://tweetping.net • http://drones.pitchinteractive.com Other Data Software & Programming Languages • Tableau • Nvivo (Accessible through BU IS&T Check for training opportunities) • R (Visualization) • MySQL (database) • Assist with data organization, manipulation, cleaning, and visualization More Resources
• Exhaustive List of Visualization Tools… • http://www.creativebloq.com/design- tools/data-visualization-712402