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Everything about Data processing
Collection and manipulation of items of data to produce meaningful information
Data processing is the collection and manipulation of digital data to produce meaningful information. Data processing is a form of information processing, which is the modification (processing) of information in any manner detectable by an observer. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Data processingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: MetaboAnalyst 6.0: towards a unified platform for metabolomics data processing, analysis and interpretationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Advances in Imaging and Electron PhysicsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics supportCited 48,733 times
- Go sideways: Unit record equipmentA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Electronic data processingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
Strategies for Theorizing from Process Data
Data processing
ISOCAM data processing
Literary Data Processing
Lidar data processing
Online data processing
🆕 Influential since 2022
MetaboAnalyst 6.0: towards a unified platform for metabolomics data processing, analysis and interpretation
Ultrafast one‐pass FASTQ data preprocessing, quality control, and deduplication using fastp
Using MetaboAnalyst 5.0 for LC–HRMS spectra processing, multi-omics integration and covariate adjustment of global metabolomics data
A review: Data pre-processing and data augmentation techniques
From Data Management to Actionable Findings: A Five-Phase Process of Qualitative Data Analysis
📚 Books worth reading
Advances in Imaging and Electron PhysicsPeter W. Hawkes, Martin Hÿtch · 1996
Accounting PrinciplesJerry J. Weygandt · 1987
Spectrum MathsDave Kirkby · 1989
Reviews in computational chemistryKenny B. Lipkowitz, Thomas R. Cundari · 2003
CISSP for dummiesLawrence H. Miller, Peter H. Gregory · 2002
Advances in ComputersAli R. Hurson, Veljko Milutinovic · 2012
MATLABAmos Gilat · 2003
Accounting information systemsUlric J. Gelinas, Steve G. Sutton · 1990
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