Working With Datasets
Practical orientation to tables, documentation, quality checks, and what “good enough” looks like before analysis.
Subtopics to explore
- Understanding grain
- Metadata and codebooks
- Validation and profiling
- Publishing and reuse
Guides
Key glossary terms
Curated resources
- Data.gov datasets (opens in new tab)
Federal open data catalog for practice reading metadata and documentation.
- W3C Data on the Web Best Practices (opens in new tab)
Standards-oriented checklist for publishing usable, documented datasets.
- World Bank Open Data (opens in new tab)
Cross-country economic and social indicators for chart-reading practice.