Resource Guides: Research Data Management Resources: Data Analysis and Cleaning

Statistics Consultation Service

The Quantitative Methods Core, within the Division of Biostatistics and Health Sciences Research in the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, provides clinical research support in biostatistics, experimental design, and data management.

UMass Chan Quantitative Methods Core (QMC)
Need help from a statistician? Reach out to the QMC for a short free consultation.

Library Statistics Resources

Online journals, books and databases available related to Statistics.

SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Quickly find the answer to methodology questions in this full-text database of methods textbooks and videos.

Online Journals
Journals related to the subject of Statistics.
eBooks
Online books related to the subject of Statistics.

Analysis-ready Datasets Tutorial

Try this quick tutorial on preparing Analysis-Ready Data Sets, prepared by the UMass Chan Quantitative Methods Core and the Lamar Soutter Library.

Analysis-ready Datasets Tutorial
Creation/Formatting, REDCap and Excel; Validation; Standardization; Cleaning; Documentation

R

R is a programming language used for data analysis, data manipulation, visualization, and statistical analysis. The language and development environment are both open source and R Studio, a code editor, debugger, and visualization tool for R, has a free version.

R tutorials from the Lamar Soutter Library
R Courses through Coursera
Free, online, self-paced courses covering many of the different abilities of R
R Courses through edX
Free, online, self-paced courses covering many of the different abilities of R

Tabula

Tabula
A free tool to convert data that is locked in PDF documents into Excel spreadsheets, csv or json files.