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Episode 2: More Than One piece of Info #86

Closed shlake closed 4 years ago

shlake commented 4 years ago

Used the example of type of workshop attendees in place of multiple instructors.

Will now say this: Example: One table recorded attendance by the different types of attendees. This table recorded number of attendees of different types: post-graduate researcher (PGR), post-doctoral research associate (PDRA), and other.

Solution: Never include more than one piece of information in a cell. Design your data sheet to include a column for each type of attendee, if this information is important to collect, rather than just a total number.