This workshop will delve into the importance of cleaning research data and why clean data is an important part of the larger research data lifecycle. This session will also provide an overview of commonly used data cleaning tools like Microsoft Excel and OpenRefine, including a hands-on demonstration of the capabilities of both tools in accomplishing common data cleaning tasks.  

OpenRefine is a free, open-source tool which is mainly intended for data processing and cleaning. OpenRefine should be downloaded before the workshop. Also, practice datasets will be provided during the workshop for the hands-on portion.