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Data Dictionary Template; Insert Dataset Name Here

Data files (available at data.world)

  • Format 1: filename.format1
  • Format 2: filename.format2

Link(s) to code used for scraping, tidying, etc, if applicable:

These should also be stored in this folder.

  • thisdata_scrapy_script.py
  • thisdata_tidying_script.R

Data types

  • string: a sequence of characters
  • integer: whole numbers
  • decimal: fractional numbers
  • money: fractional numbers representing currency
  • date: string formatted YYYY-MM-DD

Field listing

Name Type Description
field_1 string Maybe this is a drug brand name
field_2 integer Maybe this is the number of prescriptions written for that drug
field_3 money This could be the average cost of each prescription
field_4 date And this could be the first date the drug was approved
field_5 decimal This could be the number of units for the drug

Important notes

As much information as we know about the dataset, we should put here, in subsections if that would help organization. Ideas:

  • Detailed information about the data source
  • Population: who/what specifically it involves or excludes
  • How it was calculated or aggregated
  • Any other information we have - thorough is better