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Using Tables and Timelines to Analyze Your Research
In-depth and difficult research tasks create large amounts of data to compare and analyze. Discover analysis methods using tables and timelines to solve problems.
Topics included:
- Introduction of analysis techniques including examples of timelines and tables
- Creating a timeline
- use a variety of tools such as word processor, spreadsheets, timeline software
- finding historical timelines online to enhance yours
- timeline tips and tricks – color coding, footnotes/citations
- using timelines to separate individuals of the same/similar name
- Creating tables
- use a variety of tools such as word processor or spreadsheets
- discuss the endless variety of tables that could be created (document comparisons)
- tables for organizing research notes
- demonstration of using table to corroborate data to determine a mother’s maiden name
- Case study examples demonstrating timelines and tables
- Census compilation example
- Angeline Mitchell’s maiden name
- Sorting obituary data in a table
- Using a timeline to solve a two men, one name problem