Data management & best practices

Overview

Teaching: 30 min
Exercises: 15 min

Questions

• How to deal with data?

• Tips & tricks for good data management

• What is Biodiversity informatics?

• What is a Biodiversity dataset?

Objectives

• Introduction to data management plan

• Introduction to Biodiversity informatics

• Feel familiar with open data types

• Distinction between data quality and fitness for use

• Make sure your data are tidy data

• Learn some best practices

Presentation

Exercise

Challenge: Make this data tidy.

1. Download this SAMPLE_DATE
2. Open in spreadsheet programme (Excel, LibreOffice, Openoffice,….)
3. Make this data Tidy (Each variable forms a column and contains values, Each observation forms a row, Each type of observational unit forms a table) Open this link for the complete excercise and tips

Solution

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Key Points

• Best data management practices

• Organize your Data and Metadata