Issues by Date

Labeling Missing Data

Missing values can compromise your data’s integrity. Record known absences with one of these commonly used codes.

Introducing the Data Nudge Archive

Announcing a new way to find past issues of the Data Nudge. Previously, our past issues were saved as PDFs, but those can be hard to reuse. In this new archive, our past issues going all the way back to the beginning in 2017 are available in accessible html.

Getting Research Teams on the Same Page

Research teams succeed when everyone is on the same page. Our lab handbook template helps teams coordinate everyone’s data management practices.

Making CSV Files More Accessible

Simple strategies make your tables more reusable and compatible with adaptive technologies like screen readers, which helps maximize impact. Since the CSV format is so common, we provide some simple changes that make them easier for everyone to access, navigate, and reuse.

Is Excel secretly changing your formulas?

Have you ever felt like Excel was secretly changing your formulas? You’re not crazy. Excel has lots of hidden options that can make changes, including one that extends the ranges of formulas.

Datasets We Love: By the People

We’re celebrating Love Data Week (and America’s 250th year) by highlighting the By the People collection of datasets from the Library of Congress.

Reducing the Risk of Re-Identification

Re-identification is a real risk to privacy. Even when data has been de-identified, the more detailed the data is, the easier it is to re-identify someone and figure out who they are.

Spooky Data Comic: Error Screens

Error screens – more like terror screens. These ordinary error screens have been reimagined as dire warnings of data gone dark.

Gold Standard Science

This May, the White House issued an executive order listing 9 tenets of Gold Standard Science, attaching a new title to familiar research standards like reproducibility and transparency. The real news is in Section 7, which gives political appointees at federal agencies the power to govern and correct scientific information without consulting experts.