Data Preprocessing Techniques: Making Sense of Your Data in Any Industry
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Introduction Data preprocessing is an essential step in the data analytics process, as it helps to transform raw data into a clean, structured format suitable for analysis. In this blog post, we will explore the most common data preprocessing techniques and illustrate their applications across various industries. Data Cleaning Data cleaning is the process of identifying and correcting errors, inconsistencies, and inaccuracies in datasets. Examples of data cleaning tasks include: Removing duplicate records Filling in missing values Correcting data entry errors Standardizing data formats Data Transformation Data transformation involves converting d ata from one format or structure to another. Common data transformation techniques include: Scaling: Adjusting the range of values of a variable Normalization: Transforming data into a standard range, usually [0, 1] or [-1, 1] Standardization: Adjusting data to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1 Feature Engineering Feature engineer...