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Previously Google Refine, this data manipulation tool is used by the UK Data Archive for data cleansing and quality control purposes. It is particularly useful for correcting erroneous text values in tabular data.

Developed by the UK Data Service, this open source tool can be used to automatically assess and report on elements of quality, such as missingness, labelling, duplication, formats, outliers and direct identifiers.

This online hands-on workshop is aimed at trainers and support staff looking to introduce semi-automated tools in data management training sessions/materials. It will provide a platform for discussion around best practices for introducing researchers to key principles of assessing data quality an...

In this LIBSENSE webinar, hosted by EIFL, Vyacheslav Tykhonov from DANS-KNAW provides an overview of the software, tips on how to install and presents Dataverse SSHOC project building a mature data platform for the European research institutions. Fadoua EL MAGUIRI from IMIST talks about the natio...

Within the SSHOC project, the open source repository software Dataverse will be adapted to the European research environment. One of the things adjusted is the language of the User Interface. Primarily Dataverse UI is in English, however lot of research communities in European countries prefer a...

Paula Schäfer reviews the variable harmonization software CharmStats with a case study from the European Values Study. The SERISS Consortium CC-BY, 2019.

The FAIR Guiding Principles, published in 2016, aim to improve the findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability of digital research objects for both humans and machines

F-UJI is based on a web service to programmatically assess the FAIRness of research data objects based on the FAIRsFAIR Data Object Assessment Metrics. The tool allows assessing the FAIRness of research data at the dataset level.

Adequate understanding of the data files and accompanying materials is a necessary condition for re-use of your data. Therefore a thorough description of your research is needed. For this purpose ADP prepared this Study description form, which is based on the substantive definitions of internatio...

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.