Research Data Tools
Collecting, managing and analyzing data are necessary for many assignments. In this section, we would like to introduce helpful tools for data collection, cleaning, visualization, and analysis.
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Google Forms
Here's a free tool for online surveys in the event you are using this method to collect responses and data for your assignment.
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OpenRefine
A powerful tool for messy data cleaning and data transformation, which helps you to convert data format or data structure in order to facilitate further data analysis.
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Tableau Public
A free software that allows you to create interactive data visualization without programming knowledge.
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Scimago Graphica
A free data visualization tool that provides an easy way to explore, communicate, and make sense of data without using any coding.
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The Data Visualisation Catalogue
A handy guide and library of different data visualization techniques, tools, and resources to learn how to use different forms of data visualization.
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Flourish
A user-friendly online tool to present your data with visualizations and stories.
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Data Analysis
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Voyant Tools
An open-source online tool allows you to "see through your text" by conducting different types of analysis on a body of text.
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Python
A multipurpose language that has been widely used in data processing and analysis by data scientists.
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R
A programming language that can help us to conduct statistical analysis and data visualization.
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More online tools can be found from our Digital Scholarship guide.
