From botched dates to missing records and more, poor spreadsheet management has led to major problems in scientific research. The prestigious journal Nature last week shared six tips for better …
How to unpivot a dataset in Excel Power Query vs R vs Python
What makes data clean? You may not be able to name those qualities, but you likely know messy data when you see it. In this blog post, we'll look at a frequent offender: unpivoted data. You'll learn …
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How to profile data in Excel with Power Query
Power Query is rightly known for its abilities to clean data in Excel. But did you know about its data profiling powers? Let's take a look now at a modified version of the penguins …
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How to load Excel data into Power Query
I liken Power Query to the Narnia of Power Query -- a magical place, but not so easy to locate: Here's how to load your Excel data into Power Query...and an example what to do with it when you …
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How Power Query enforces good data hygiene in Excel
Not only is Power Query a phenomenal tool for transforming data in Excel, it also enforces good data hygiene 🧼. What do I mean by that? Think about the steps that you take every day to present …
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How to add data to the left of an Excel table
This is something that happens to me all the time: I've got data in an Excel table and want to add an index column (because I believe every dataset should have an index column). Index columns …
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