Q. I’m collecting data for a research project. How do I clean and prepare data for analysis?

If you have collected data from respondents, you'll now need to clean it up and make it useable for analysis. There are a few things to think about when cleaning up your data such as:

• What formatting factors affect data?
• Is there software available to help with data cleanup?
• What are some common elements to consider when cleaning up data?

For guidance on these and other questions please visit our library guide for finding data: https://guides.lib.byu.edu/data/clean