Where to find data for personal projects
One of the most challenging aspects of getting started when building a Tableau Public portfolio is finding data to use in your analysis. The good news is that there is a wealth of data out there – you just have to know where to look.
The following are some of our favorite places to find data sources:
- Community data initiatives: Initiatives such as #RWFD, as discussed in the previous section.
- data.world: Create a free community account to access 100,000+ open datasets.
- kaggle.com: Create a free account to access open datasets in a variety of formats.
- Wikipedia: Use this site to compile data sources or find tables of existing data. Note that tables of data copied from a web browser and pasted into a spreadsheet may contain hidden characters and present formatting and cleanup challenges.
- catalog.data.gov: An extensive catalog of open data available in multiple formats from the US government.
- data.census.gov...