Data Cleaning Using Pandas And Pyspan

Master Data Cleaning with pandas and pyspan: Essential Techniques for Clean, Accurate, and Ready-to-Use Datasets

What you'll learn

Recognize opportunities for data cleaning and prepare your dataset for the cleaning process.

Implement common data cleaning steps such as handle missing values and formatting date/time columns.

Understand and implement complex data cleaning tasks such as outlier removal and splitting/creating new columns.

Develop and apply custom data transformation techniques to standardize and enhance dataset quality.

Requirements

Basic understanding of Python programming.

Understanding of using basic libraries like Pandas.

A computer with internet access.

Description

Master the essential techniques of data cleaning with pandas and pyspan in Python! This beginner-friendly course will help you transform messy, raw data into clean, ready-to-use datasets for analysis. Data cleaning is a crucial first step in any data project, and in this course, you'll learn practical skills to tackle common data issues.You'll learn how to:Handle missing data effectively.Detect and remove outliers.Format and organize data for better clarity.Simplify your data cleaning process using pyspan.We'll start with a simple dataset, introducing basic data cleaning techniques step by step. By the end of the course, you'll have a solid foundation in using Python's pandas and pyspan libraries to clean and prepare data.No prior data cleaning experience is required, but basic knowledge of Python is helpful. This course is perfect for beginners, aspiring data analysts, or anyone looking to improve their data preparation skills.Throughout the course, you'll work on practical exercises that will help you apply the techniques you learn in real-world scenarios. By completing this course, you'll be ready to clean and prepare datasets for analysis with confidence. Whether you're entering the field of data analysis or just want to level up your Python skills, this course will provide the essential foundation you need.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Data Cleaning and Course Overview

Section 2: Applied Data Cleaning

Lecture 2 Exploring the Dataset and Writing Pseudocode

Lecture 3 Getting Started with pyspan: remove and handle_nulls

Lecture 4 Outlier Detection and Handling with pyspan

Lecture 5 Advanced pyspan Functions: format_dt and split_column

Lecture 6 Evaluating Data Cleaning: Before vs. After

Section 3: Conclusion

Lecture 7 Conclusion of the course

This course is designed for anyone working with data, including data analysts, data scientists, and aspiring professionals looking to enhance their data cleaning skills. If you frequently handle messy datasets and want to streamline your data preparation process using Python, this course will be especially valuable. It's also ideal for students and beginners with basic Python knowledge who are eager to master Pandas and Pyspan for data cleaning tasks. Whether you're in the tech industry or just starting your data journey, this course will equip you with essential skills.