Ferret: Reviewing Tabular Datasets for Manipulation

Devin Lange, Shaurya Sahai, Jeff M. Phillips, Alexander Lex

Publication: 10.1111/cgf.14822

Project Site (demo): ferret.sci.utah.edu

Additional Info (videos, supplemental): vdl.sci.utah.edu/publications/2023_eurovis_ferret/

About

Ferret is a a visualization tool designed to help review tabular datasets for signs that the data has been manipulated. The tool is based on a living document of artifacts of manipulation.

The tool is deployed with ten example datasets at https://ferret.sci.utah.edu. Users can also upload their own excel files to view in the tool.

Developer Information

This site is deployed on Netlify.

Build instructions

Prereqs:

Node, gulp, browserify, watchify

• https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/gulp.html

Installation steps:

git clone https://github.com/visdesignlab/data-forensics.git

cd data-forensics/

npm install

To build/run: gulp