This is a Data Carpentry lesson on OpenRefine for social scientists. Please see https://datacarpentry.org/openrefine-socialsci/ for a rendered version of this lesson.
This is an introduction to OpenRefine designed for participants with no previous experience. This lesson can be taught in ~ 2 hours, excluding setup. The episodes in this lesson cover introductory topics related to using OpenRefine.
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