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    Practical Data Cleaning: Bite-Size Stats, #5
    Practical Data Cleaning: Bite-Size Stats, #5
    Practical Data Cleaning: Bite-Size Stats, #5
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    Practical Data Cleaning: Bite-Size Stats, #5

    By Lee Baker

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    Data cleaning is a waste of time.

    If the data had been collected properly in the first place there wouldn't be any cleaning to do, and you wouldn't now be faced with the prospect of weeks of cleaning to get your dataset analysis-ready.

    Worse still, your boss won't understand why your analysis report isn't on his desk yet, a mere 48 hours after he's asked for it. Bless him, he doesn't understand – he thinks that cleaning data is just about clicking a few buttons in Excel and – ta da! – it's all done. Even a monkey can do that, right?

    And – for good reason – you won't get any help from statistics books either. Data is messy and cleaning it can be difficult, time-consuming and costly. Not to mention it's the least sexy thing you can do with a dataset.

    Yet you've still got to do it, because, well, someone has to…

    But it doesn't have to be so difficult. If you're organised and follow a few simple rules your data cleaning processes can be simple, fast and effective.

    Not to mention fun!

    Well, not fun exactly, just not quite as coma-inducing.

    Practical Data Cleaning (now in its 5th Edition!) explains the 19 most important tips about data cleaning with a focus on understanding your data, how to work with it, choose the right ways to analyse it, select the correct tools and how to interpret the results to get your data clean in double quick time.

    Best of all, there is no technical jargon – it is written in plain English and is perfect for beginners!

    Discover how to clean your data quickly and effectively. Get this book, TODAY!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCSI Publishing
    Release dateJan 21, 2019
    ISBN9781386728863
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      Practical Data Cleaning - Lee Baker

      Preface

      The success of the first 4 editions of Practical Data Cleaning has been overwhelming and has come as a bit of a shock – there have now been thousands of downloads. I had no idea it would be so popular!

      Firstly, a huge thank you to all of you that took the time to download and read it. I hope you found it useful and got something of real value out of it.

      Secondly, I wish to thank all of you that have interrupted your busy schedules to get in touch. Your words of support have touched me and inspired me to continue writing.

      Of all of the feedback I’ve received, by far the most common request is for me to cover the subject material in much greater depth, so I’ve created The Hive – an online portal where you can take video courses about Data Science – drawing on some of my 20+ years of experience.

      To celebrate the launch of The Hive, I’ve created a sister course Data Wrangling – 19 Essential Tips to accompany this book. The video course goes into more detail than the book, and you can get it completely FREE!

      There are lots of courses available in The Hive and many more planned, and you can get FREE ENTRY right now!

      I hope you’ll take a few moments to check out our video courses, and I look forward to seeing you there!

      You can get access to the Data Wrangling – 19 Essential Tips video course right now by following this link:

      https://www.chi2innovations.com/the-hive/hive-courses/data-wrangling-19-essential-tips/

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      Don’t Panic !!!

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      Data cleaning is a waste of time.

      If the data had been collected properly in

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