September is here! We prepared new (qualitative) datasets, attended World Water Week, and expanded the community! Find where we are if not in front of computers hacking R.
Do you know people that work with qualitative data (e.g. semi-structured interviews)? Have you ever talked to them about publishing their data (transcripts)?
Ask them what they think of this: https://openwashdata.github.io/biogasoutcomesmalawi/ and leave the thoughts to ghe@mavt.ethz.ch!
We have gone through the process of anonymisation, converting .docx files to .md (markdown) files, and then publishing the transcripts, as well as a table format of the data that is accessible as CSV, XLSX and our favourite R package format.
We are happy to see the expanding of the openwashdata community after launch:
Besdies, we are working on a few others to be published soon. Topics include data for:
Do you know how much we need for emptying sanitation service? Sarah Hennessy (GitHub, ORCiD), Nicola Greene, Tate W. Rogers, Jocelyn Tsai, and Francis L. de los Reyes III share their wonderful data that covers 175 countries and 722 million household level sanitation facilities in openwashdata!👏 Thank you all this collaboration!
Check it out here: fsmglobal
We truly believe that openwashdata project prospers when we have YOU work together and promote open science and data practice! No matter what background you are from, we come up with some ways for you to get involved: