Excel
Python
R
Data cleaning is a serious business – you’ll typically spend up to 80% of your time cleaning data!
In this course you’re going to learn how to clean your data - in Excel, Python and R - in hours rather than days or weeks!
I’ll teach you a method that took me several years to perfect, and as a result you’ll become much more productive, get your results faster and make your boss happy in the process.
The steps you’ll learn in this course are very simple to follow, but are extremely effective, so you’ll know that you’re getting the best start possible, saving you weeks of misery!
Video lessons
Articles
Downloadable resources
Certificate of completion
Interactive experience
Perfect for beginners
- Content
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- FORUM
- CertificatE
- 14D2C2
If you’ve ever spent days or weeks cleaning your data and wishing there was a better, quicker way of doing it, then congratulations! You are here at the right place because we are going to introduce you to one of the most important aspects of any project that involves data: data cleaning, and teach you how to do it better!
Cleaning data isn’t difficult, but if you don’t observe a few basic rules then you’re storing up trouble for yourself when it comes to analysing it. If you’ve been there, then you know what I’m talking about.
In this course, we’re going to give you the best start possible, introducing you to some of the best tricks you’ll ever learn, saving you weeks of misery!
Here's what you'll learn:
you’ll learn the features of what makes a good dataset and – more importantly – a bad one!
you’ll learn how to remove all unwanted spaces from your entire dataset in one second!
you’ll learn how to standardise the case of all text entries in your dataset in one epic ninja move
you’ll learn all the essential steps in cleaning numerical and text data
you’ll learn the precise order in which you should apply all these techniques
Your Curriculum
1
Introduction to Data Cleaning
An introduction to this course and to the 14 Day Data Cleaning Challenge!
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Introduction to Data Cleaning
2
Removing Unwanted Spaces
In this chapter you'll how to remove all unwanted spaces from your data in one amazing move!
Open Access
Free Plan
Anatomy of a Good Workbook
Remove Trailing & Leading Spaces Part 1
Remove Trailing & Leading Spaces Part 2
Standardising the Case of Text Entries
3
Cleaning Text Data
The focus in this chapter is on how to clean your text data in Excel accurately and efficiently
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Cleaning Text Data Using Remove Duplicates and Find & Replace
Cleaning Text Data Using Remove Duplicates and VLOOKUP
Cleaning Text Data Using Filter and Find & Replace
4
Cleaning Numerical Data
The focus in this chapter is on how to clean your numerical data in Excel accurately and efficiently
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Identifying Text in Your Numerical Data
5
Order, Order, We Must Have Order...
In this chapter you'll learn the precise order in which to apply all the techniques you've learned
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Order, Order, We Must Have Order…
6
Data Cleaning Recap
In this chapter you'll recap everything you've learnt and practice it all again!
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Data Cleaning Recap
