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What is Truly Harmonised Data: A Practical Overview In the era of data-driven decision-making, the concept of harmonised data has emerged as a cornerstone for businesses aiming to leverage their data assets fully. However, despite its critical importance, there exists a significant gap between the perception and reality of data harmonisation in the business world. This blog post aims to demystify harmonised data, highlight the common misconceptions businesses have about their data being harmonised, and explore examples of content that have successfully attracted traffic on this topic.
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Here’s the link to join our Discord, where you can find the event: https://discord.gg/harmonydata! Announcing: Harmony Orientation Session! 🌐 Date & Time: Monday 19 February 2024, at 10am UK time Location: Discord Video of the event Hey Harmony Community! We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Orientation Session on Discord! Whether you’re new to Harmony or looking to dive deeper into our projects, this event is for you. During the session, we’ll cover:
Introduction In the digital age, data is often collected from multiple sources, leading to variability in formats, standards, and quality. Data harmonisation addresses these issues by transforming disparate data into a cohesive dataset, enabling better analysis, insights, and decision-making. It is essential for organisations looking to leverage their data assets across diverse systems and platforms. Data harmonisation involves several key steps: preparing, transforming, and validating data. Additionally, it’s built on a foundation of best practices that ensure the integrity, accuracy, and usability of the harmonised data.
Project ideas for future development of Harmony Accepted project ideas Below you can see the list of project ideas aligned with Harmony’s standards, all designed to elevate the functionality and accessibility of Harmony. These proposals aim to fortify Harmony as a comprehensive tool for researchers navigating questionnaire item harmonisation across diverse studies. Each idea maintains a clear scope, typically avoiding extensive overhauls. Quick-start guidelines and beginner-friendly tasks are provided for each idea.
Harmony launches on Kaggle! We are proud to have launched our first competition on Kaggle! The primary challenge of this competition is to develop an AI tool or method that can accurately extract questionnaire questions from documents, primarily PDFs. This competition offers a unique opportunity for participants to contribute to the field of natural language processing and document analysis as well as open source for social science while developing solutions that have real-world applications.
