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

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z678.9 .H64 2012
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Available

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Summary

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 presentation, and offer guidelines and recommendations for a data quality policy. The book gives step-by-step how-to directions for common dirty data issues.

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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