Validating data

module 2
week 3
codebooks
data types
duplicates
missing data
validate
Tools for ensuring your data are valid
Author

Jeff Stevens

Published

February 10, 2023

Typically, the first step of data cleaning after importing data is to check that they data are valid.

Learning objectives

  • Describe characteristics of valid data
  • Summarize, test, and exclude data
  • Create a codebook

Pre-meeting

To prepare for this class meeting, please do the following:

Class meeting

  • Checking for valid data
  • Summarizing data
  • Testing data
  • Excluding data
  • Codebooks
  • Slides and Code

Homework after the class meeting

Wrap up this lesson

For next class meeting