Cleaning Data with OpenRefine In-Person / Online
OpenRefine is a powerful and free tool for analyzing, cleaning, and structuring tabular data. It also keeps track of the changes made step-by-step so users can undo or re-apply them on a different data set. As such, it allows users to share reproducible data transformations. In this workshop, we’ll cover:
- What “messy” data is, and how to “clean” it.
- Opening and exploring a dataset in OpenRefine.
- Using OpenRefine’s transformations to clean data.
- Exporting the Operation History log of your transformations.
No coding experience needed. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops to follow along and get hands-on experience with OpenRefine. To install OpenRefine ahead of time, visit the OpenRefine Download page: https://openrefine.org/download.
Related LibGuide: OpenRefine by Andrew Greenman
- Date:
- Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:00am
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Leatherby Libraries - Instruction Room 305
- Campus:
- Orange Campus
- Audience:
- Orange Campus Faculty Orange Campus Graduate Students Orange Campus Staff Orange Campus Undergraduate Students
- Categories:
- Research and Data Services (RDS)
Contact the Political Science liaison and Data Services Librarian, Andrew Greenman, at agreenman@chapman.edu or 714-532-7713.