[School-of-data] School-of-data Digest, Vol 12, Issue 26

Wed Mar 27 12:53:43 UTC 2013

Excellent tutorial! Thank you very much.

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> From: Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> Subject: [School-of-data] Using SQL for Lightweight Data Analysis
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> Hi All,
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> I wanted to mention a new tutorial on the School of Data:
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> http://schoolofdata.org/2013/03/26/using-sql-for-lightweight-data-analysis/
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> <quote>
> This article introduces the use of SQL for lightweight data analysis
> by walking through a small data investigation to answer the question:
> who were the top recipients of Greater London Authority spending in
> January 2013?
>
> Along the way, it not only introduces SQL (and SQLite) but illustrates
> various other skills such as locating and cleaning data and how to
> load tabular data into a relational database.
> </quote>
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> I'd also like to recognize Tim McNamara whose excellent earlier
> article "Introducing SQL for Lightweight Data Manipulation" [1] was an
> inspiration (especially its title!). (@Tim: perhaps we could update &
> repost this on School of Data!)
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> Regards,
>
> Rufus
>
> [1]:
> http://notebook.okfn.org/2011/10/08/introducing-sql-for-lightweight-data-manipulation/
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