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Data

The data for this lesson is a part of the Data Carpentry Social Sciences workshop. It is a teaching version of the Studying African Farmer-Led Irrigation (SAFI) database. The SAFI dataset represents interviews of farmers in two countries in eastern sub-Saharan Africa (Mozambique and Tanzania). These interviews were conducted between November 2016 and June 2017 and probed household features (e.g. construction materials used, number of household members), agricultural practices (e.g. water usage), and assets (e.g. number and types of livestock).

The data used in this lesson is a subset of the teaching version that has been intentionally 'messed up' for this lesson.

Download the data file to your computer by clicking this link. (direct link: https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/11502815) {: .prereq}

Software

For this lesson you will need OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) and a web browser.

Note: this is a Java program that runs on your machine (not in the cloud). It runs inside your browser, but no web connection is needed.

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Windows

  • Check that you have Firefox or Chrome browsers installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It will not run correctly in Internet Explorer.
  • Download software from https://openrefine.org
  • Unzip the downloaded file into a directory by right-clicking and selecting “Extract…”. Name that directory something like OpenRefine.
  • Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
  • Launch OpenRefine
  • Click the openrefine.exe (this will launch a command prompt window, but you can ignore that and wait for the browser to launch)
  • If you are using a different browser, or OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to launch the program.
  • If you get a Java error when you try to open it you can try downloading OpenRefine 3.4 beta 2 Windows kit with embedded Java.

Mac

  • Check that you have Firefox or Chrome browsers installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It will not run correctly in Internet Explorer.
  • Download software from https://openrefine.org
  • Unzip the downloaded file into a directory by double-clicking it. Name that directory something like OpenRefine.
  • Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
  • Launch OpenRefine
  • Drag icon into Applications folder, and Control-click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu. For Troubleshooting help, see the apple support page
  • If you are using a different browser, or OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to launch the program.

Linux

  • Check that you have Firefox or Chrome browsers installed and set as your default browser. OpenRefine runs in your default browser. It will not run correctly in Internet Explorer.
  • Download software from https://openrefine.org
  • Unzip the downloaded file into a directory. Name that directory something like OpenRefine.
  • Go to your newly created OpenRefine directory.
  • Launch OpenRefine
  • Type ./refine into the terminal within the OpenRefine directory
  • If you are using a different browser, or OpenRefine does not automatically open for you, point your browser at http://127.0.0.1:3333/ or http://localhost:3333 to launch the program.