Re:Agate: A Data Analysis Library for Journalists
by bitdeveloper on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @01:14PM
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I'd throw history into the ring for something that would be similar in variety of sources, types of data, etc.
I'm looking forward to checking out the library!
Re:Agate: A Data Analysis Library for Journalists
by staringmonkey on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @01:17PM
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Yes, good point! There's a lot of crossover there and also with digital humanities folks.
Re:Agate: A Data Analysis Library for Journalists
by mcburton on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @05:03PM
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+1 for digital humanities folks. Your emphasis on well written documentation is a strong argument for agate over more powerful, but more confusing, data processing libraries. I'm already thinking about using agate in my digital humanities workshops!
* A mix of heterogeneous and often internally inconsistent data.
* A lot of data that is categorical, free text or otherwise non-numerical.
* A need to be robust that is not always accompanied by the time necessary to become an expert programmer.
I'm sure some other folks have these problems too, though I can't think of any other industry where folks would touch as diverse a range of data as we do.
If works for other niches, great! But I'm a journalist and I had journalism problems in mind when I built it. I can't speak to the needs of folks in science, finance or what have you.