Tag: data tools
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OpenRefine Part 3: Fixing inconsistencies with the cluster and edit tool
If you’re still on the fence about using OpenRefine or feel intimidated by its features, this tutorial will walk you through two of its most powerful tools: clustering and editing. These tools will help you clean and standardise your dataset, saving hours of work.
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OpenRefine Part 2: Removing duplicates and using version history
OpenRefine is one of The Outlier’s favourite tools when working with large datasets. This powerful open-source program is ideal for cleaning messy data. In this post, we focus on two essential features: removing duplicates and using version history to keep track of your changes.
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The tools we use to make our charts and dashboards
We often get asked what tools power the hundreds of charts and dashboards we produce at The Outlier. From data crunching in Google Sheets to designing with Flourish and Figma, we’ve fine-tuned a process for creating both static and interactive visuals. Our special data deep dives are built with Svelte and D3.js to help bring…