Data Organization in Spreadsheets (tandfonline.com)
The basic principles are:
be consistent
write dates like YYYY-MM-DD
do not leave any cells empty
put just one thing in a cell
organize the data as a single rectangle
(with subjects as rows and variables as columns, and with a single header row)
create a data dictionary
do not include calculations in the raw data files
do not use font color or highlighting as data
choose good names for things
make backups
use data validation to avoid data entry errors
save the data in plain text files.
Long‐term soil change in the US Great Plains: An evaluation of the Haas Soil Archive - Liebig - 2024
The misuse of permanganate as a quantitative measure of soil organic carbon - Margenot - 2024
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