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Working with US Census Data

Working with US Census Data. LSP 120 Week 6 Joanna Deszcz. Before you begin - Be Careful. We will be using a dataset provided by the U.S. Census Bureau Government datasets often need to be “cleaned up”. Things to check for…. Convert Formulas to values

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Working with US Census Data

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  1. Working with US Census Data LSP 120 Week 6 Joanna Deszcz

  2. Before you begin - Be Careful • We will be using a dataset provided by the U.S. Census Bureau • Government datasets often need to be “cleaned up”

  3. Things to check for… • Convert Formulas to values • Convert numeric text values to numbers • Check for hidden rows • Delete rows and columns of unwanted data • Omit any projected data points • Techniques in Excel shows how to address each of these

  4. Let’s try one… • Cellular Phone Statistical Abstract 2007.xls

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