From knowledge to practice

Researcher’s practical guide.

One task, three steps and a pitfall to watch for. Connect research knowledge with the tools you use.

Mini exercises · Practice with data ↗

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Zotero3 min read

Add a reference by DOI

Import article metadata without typing the whole citation.

Reference management
Zotero3 min read

Merge duplicate references

Organize repeated records of the same publication.

Reference management
Google Scholar3 min read

Narrow a research search

Move from a broad topic towards relevant publications.

Literature searching
Google Scholar3 min read

Follow a citation trail

Find further research from a relevant publication.

Literature searching
PubMed3 min read

Build concept-based queries

Make a health-literature search understandable and reproducible.

Literature searching
Google Forms3 min read

Show sections based on answers

Show respondents only relevant questions.

Survey design
Microsoft Forms3 min read

Pretest branching

Catch incorrect routing in conditional questions.

Survey design
Excel3 min read

Count categories with a PivotTable

Find how many records fall in each category.

Data preparation
Google Sheets3 min read

Inspect blanks with a filter

Examine missing values before deleting anything.

Data preparation
OpenRefine3 min read

Merge spelling variants

Clean inconsistent spellings of the same category.

Data preparation
SPSS3 min read

Read a frequency table

Check category distributions and missing responses.

Statistical analysis
jamovi3 min read

Inspect mean and median together

Avoid reducing a numeric variable to one summary.

Statistical analysis
JASP3 min read

Practice with example data

Learn the analysis workflow before using your own data.

Statistical analysis
R3 min read

Count categories including missing values

See category counts and NA values together.

Statistical analysis
MAXQDA3 min read

Keep an analytic memo

Make coding decisions traceable.

Qualitative analysis
Datawrapper3 min read

Make a column chart readable

Compare the sizes of categories.

Visualization
Python3 min read

Take a first look at your CSV

Inspect columns and missing-value counts with Python and pandas.

Data preparation
Python4 min read

Read descriptive statistics together

Work with the mini survey and compare your output with the expected result.

Statistical analysis
Python4 min read

Compare two group means

Work with the mini survey and compare your output with the expected result.

Statistical analysis
Python4 min read

Create a bar chart from frequencies

Work with the mini survey and compare your output with the expected result.

Visualization
R4 min read

Read descriptive statistics together

Work with the mini survey and compare your output with the expected result.

Statistical analysis
R4 min read

Compare two group means

Work with the mini survey and compare your output with the expected result.

Statistical analysis
R4 min read

Create a bar chart from frequencies

Work with the mini survey and compare your output with the expected result.

Visualization
OpenAI Signals4 min read

Read the data dictionary before analyzing

Use the OpenAI Signals dictionary to distinguish row units, measures and comparison groups.

Data preparation