Making Friends With Other People’s Data: A Primer

Hey there.

Let's recap what we've done so far.

You've learned:

• what open data is and why it's important,
• how to make your own data open,
• how and where to share your open data, and
• how and where to find other people's open data.

This is where we pull it all together and come full circle to talk about how to work with data you didn't create and use it in your own research.

Even if the data was shared in a way that maximizes reusability, with perfect metadata, there are a few things you’re going to have to think about when using other people’s data.