Campaigning your way to useable and clean data

1- Short Session Description.

Welcome to a world very much like our own, full of a lot of data and almost none of it easily usable. We are looking for a group of stout of heart and flexible of mind individuals to join in our campaign to learn how to clean and transform this data so that we can use it to answer questions and inform decisions. This campaign will offer data rookies the chance to earn their first experience, as well as provide veteran data warriors opportunities to pick up new skills. If you have ever wanted to know more about how to work with data and make it work for you this campaign is what you have been looking for.

2- Session Style/Format (e.g. lightning talks, make/hack/play session, etc.)

Very much a make.hack/play session with different stations were groups will work with different types of data sets and different data tools to complete a data campaign from cleaning to using

3- Takeaways: Describe any takeaways, skills, outcomes, and/or interactive elements!

Participants will use a range of data tools

Participants will clean data

Participants will transform and merge data

Participants will use data to answer a question

4- Organization. Fully formed (i.e. you have people in mind or chosen to co-organize) or will you initiate a CFP for co-organizers/presenters?

It is not fully formed and I will put out a call for people will to help lead the different steps in the data campaign

5- Contact Information - Name of primary contact + email!!!

Samuel Hansen Mathematics and Statistics Librarian University of Michigan

hansensm@umich.edu