Preparing Data for Analysis

Data analysis is a complex process that plays a critical role in the success of any scientific study. This scrollable interactive explores key steps in preparing a large dataset for analysis, including data cleaning, wrangling, and imputation.

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Topics

  • data cleaning
  • data wrangling
  • imputation
  • data preparation
  • data filtering
  • raw data
  • data acquisition
  • metadata
  • dataset
  • data structure
  • spreadsheet view
  • missing data
  • missing values
  • error correction
  • removing duplicates
  • constant value imputation
  • mean value imputation
  • linear interpolation
  • multiple imputation
  • encoding
  • rescaling
  • encode
  • rescale
  • data transformation
  • data validation
  • HadCRUT5
  • HadCRU
  • temperature data
  • temperature anomaly