Messy Data Q & A

In a previous post I introduced a dataset that I think will give Data Analysts good practice in cleaning and analyzing real-world, messy data. One such analyst reached out to me with some great questions and I’ve posted them here along with my answers. If you have questions of your …

Where to find datasets

Finding datasets can be a bit tricky and it’s handy to have a few go-to places when you’re looking for something either for work, portfolio-building or just general interest. Google dataset search It’s the Google of datasets. Indexes lots of data from other repositories and research. https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/ Data is Plural …

Data Cleaning tips

They say that a majority of Data Science time is spent cleaning data. I suspect that partly it’s because many data systems are still maturing and need to go through a messy phase, and partly the universe is just a haphazard, chaotic, messy place that we’re trying to squeeze into …

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