From ProPublica's data journalism shop, Sisi Wei and Jackie Kazil offer advice on where to get help with data processing questions. They explain the etiquette of formulating and posting your questions, and how to acknowledge, test and report on the answers: "It doesn’t matter if you’re chatting with an instructor, emailing a listserv like NICAR, posting on Stack Overflow, or even just tweeting out a question, there are ways to make sure your question gets answered."
November 29, 2014