A list of data, CAR, and information security manuals and handbooks.
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Online Manuals and Guides
CODING and PROGRAMMING:
Analytics Vidhya data analysis through coding manuals
KDnuggets data and coding tutorials
http://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/03/new-tutorials-section-r-python-data-visualization-data-science.html
DATA ANALYSIS:
Github Tutorial to SQL using SQLite
https://github.com/tthibo/SQL-Tutorial#readme
NICAR guide to Google Refine
http://dannguyen.github.io/NICAR-Google-Refine/
NICAR guide to NodeXL
http://www.peteraldhous.com/CAR/NodeXL_CAR2012.pdf
GENERAL:
‘Data Biographies,’ Heather Krause’s short guide to knowing your data and interpretation
http://gijn.org/2017/03/27/data-biographies-getting-to-know-your-data/
GIJC 2015 guide to data research tools
http://gijc2015.org/2015/10/10/top-10-data-research-tools-for-investigative-journalists/
ICIJ’s CAR and data tools and guides
https://www.icij.org/tags/computer-assisted-reporting
School of Data’s online courses
https://schoolofdata.org/courses/
Small Data Journalism’s comprehensive list of articles and guides
http://www.smalldatajournalism.com/readings/
SECURITY:
Information Security for Journalists
https://tcij.org/bespoke-training/infosec/
VPNMentor’s Online Privacy Guide for Journalists
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/online-privacy-journalists/
SCIENCE JOURNALISM:
World Federation of Science Journalists:
Tools for science journalists
wfsj.org/v2/tools-for-journalists/
Science journalism resources
http://www.wfsj.org/resources/
SCRAPING:
ProPublica’s Scraping for Journalism
https://www.propublica.org/nerds/item/doc-dollars-guides-collecting-the-data
VISUALIZATION:
Flowing Data
http://flowingdata.com/category/guides/
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Free Online Handbooks
The Center for Investigative Journalism’s manual for data and CAR
http://www.tcij.org/resources/handbooks/data-journalism
Constantaras, Eva – ODECA Data Journalism Manual
www.odecanet.org/data-journalism-manual/
Harris, Harlan; Murphy Sean & Vaisman, Marck – Analyzing the Analyzers
Manual for Latin-American Data Journalism
http://manual.periodismodedatos.org/
The opensource Data Journalism Handbook
http://datajournalismhandbook.org/
Open Data Handbook
Wickham, Hadley – Advanced R (programming)
http://adv-r.had.co.nz/Introduction.html
Winand, Markus – Use the Index, Luke (SQL)
http://use-the-index-luke.com/
Zacharski, Ron – A Programmer’s Guide to Data Mining
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Handbooks
Bradshaw, Paul – Finding Stories in Spreadsheets
Bradshaw, Paul – Scraping for Journalists
Cohn, Victor – News & Numbers: A Writer’s Guide to Statistics
Cohen, Sarah – Numbers in The Newsroom: Using Math and Statistics in News
DeFleur, Margaret H. – Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting: Development and Methodology
Downey, Allen B. – Think Stats
Downey, Allen B. – Think Bayes
Garrison, Bruce – Successful Strategies for Computer-Assisted Reporting
Herzog, David – Mapping the News: Case Studies in GIS and Journalism
Houston, Brant – The Investigative Reporter’s Handbook
Houston, Brant – Computer-Assisted Reporting
Huff, David – How to Lie with Statistics
Jones, Fred Vallance & McKie, David – Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Comprehensive Primer
LaFleur, Jennifer & Lehren, Andy – Mapping for Stories: A Computer-Assisted Reporting Guide
Meyer, Philip – Precision Journalism: A Reporter’s Introduction to Social Science Methods
Paul, Nora & Hansen, Kathleen A. – Computer-Assisted Research: Information Strategies and Tools for Journalists
Paulos, John Allen – A Mathematician Read the Newspaper
Rogers, Simon/ The Guardian – Facts are Sacred: The Power of Data
Tufte, R. Edward – The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Wilhoit, G. Cleaver & Weaver, David H. – Newsroom Guide to Polls and Surveys
Wong, Dona M. – The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics: The Do’s and Dont’s of Presentating, Data, Facts and Figures
Yau, Nathan – Data Points: Visualization That Means Something
Yau, Nathan – Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization and Statistics