Comments on: Cleaning data using Google Refine: a quick guide http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/ A conversation. Mon, 21 May 2012 12:30:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hands-outs and plans for data track at Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kiev http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-157486 Hands-outs and plans for data track at Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kiev Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:33:18 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-157486 [...] http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/ [...] [...] http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/ [...]

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-57443 Paul Bradshaw Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:41:09 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-57443 Thanks - much needed! Thanks – much needed!

]]> By: MagdMartin http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-56978 MagdMartin Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:43:54 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-56978 I just started a blog on google refine basics for non technical people providing short tutorials and so on. Feel free to come by and comments / ask. I just started a blog on google refine basics for non technical people providing short tutorials and so on.

Feel free to come by and comments / ask.

]]> By: Momoko Price http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-56505 Momoko Price Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:29:36 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-56505 Oh, nice. Thanks!! Oh, nice. Thanks!!

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-55775 Paul Bradshaw Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:59:53 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-55775 OK - it seems Google have re-recorded the videos and they're now up on http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/ - have updated the 2 posts with that video so they now work. OK – it seems Google have re-recorded the videos and they’re now up on http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/ – have updated the 2 posts with that video so they now work.

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-51865 Paul Bradshaw Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:57:28 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-51865 How curious - you're right. As you say, it was a very useful video - not aware of any duplicates sorry. How curious – you’re right. As you say, it was a very useful video – not aware of any duplicates sorry.

]]> By: The inverted pyramid of data journalism | Online Journalism Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-44522 The inverted pyramid of data journalism | Online Journalism Blog Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:40:19 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-44522 [...] Refine adds a lot more power: its ‘common transforms’ function will, for example, convert all entries to lowercase, up.... It can remove HTML, remove spaces before and after entries (which you can’t see but which [...] [...] Refine adds a lot more power: its ‘common transforms’ function will, for example, convert all entries to lowercase, up…. It can remove HTML, remove spaces before and after entries (which you can’t see but which [...]

]]> By: Momoko Price http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-37217 Momoko Price Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:24:36 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-37217 Yep — here's the original post from March 2011: http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/ Note the data augmentation video embed — Google made it private all of a sudden, and I've never figured out why or how to get around this. It's a shame, because the video (which explains how to reconcile with Freebase and pretty much keep adding data ad infinitum to your original set) was really great. Wondering if there might be a public substitute version out there ... Yep — here’s the original post from March 2011:

http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/03/18/getting-full-addresses-for-school-data-in-an-foi-response/

Note the data augmentation video embed — Google made it private all of a sudden, and I’ve never figured out why or how to get around this. It’s a shame, because the video (which explains how to reconcile with Freebase and pretty much keep adding data ad infinitum to your original set) was really great.

Wondering if there might be a public substitute version out there …

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-37216 Paul Bradshaw Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:20:27 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-37216 Sorry - can't find what you're referring to. Do you have a link? Sorry – can’t find what you’re referring to. Do you have a link?

]]> By: Paul Bradshaw http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2011/07/05/cleaning-data-using-google-refine-a-quick-guide/#comment-37208 Paul Bradshaw Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:09:05 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=14833#comment-37208 It may be that the video is still there but the embed code no longer works - will try to find the post in question. It may be that the video is still there but the embed code no longer works – will try to find the post in question.

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