Treffer: Eleven quick tips for properly handling tabular data.

The article "Eleven quick tips for properly handling tabular data" published in PLoS Computational Biology emphasizes the importance of proper data management skills for researchers working with spreadsheets. The tips provided aim to ensure that tabular data is FAIR—findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. The article focuses on using Microsoft Excel as a common entry point for working with tabular data but notes that the guidelines are broadly applicable to other spreadsheet software programs. It highlights the significance of formatting data for computer readability, using descriptive headers, atomizing data, maintaining data consistency, defining null values, handling dates and times, locking raw data files, organizing files, including metadata, storing files in non-proprietary formats, and using the right tool for the job. The authors stress the importance of continuous improvement in data management practices to meet the evolving needs of research projects. [Extracted from the article]