Data Fika #6: Fitness for Use & Sampling Bias
Session 6 of Data Fika, GBIF Sweden's monthly online series on biodiversity data. Cleaned ≠ fit for your question — spatial, temporal and taxonomic bias, presence-only pitfalls, basisOfRecord filtering and coordinate uncertainty.
The researcher’s crucial skill: cleaned does not mean fit for your question. Spatial, temporal and taxonomic bias, presence-only and absence-of-absence pitfalls, basisOfRecord filtering, coordinate uncertainty — and diagnosing bias in your own download.
Sessions 5 and 6 share one extended, optional hands-on workshop: clean your data, then check it is fit for use. The date is announced with the session invitations.
Data Fika sessions are free, online and open to everyone — 20–30 minutes of presentation followed by about 15 minutes of hands-on work and Q&A. Email gbif@nrm.se to be added to the invitation list, and see the full programme on the Data Fika page.
