Course · Intermediate

Data Cleaning and Analysis in Python

In this course, you'll learn how to prepare and clean data for your data analysis workflow. Datasets are often a disorganized mess, and you'll hardly ever receive data that's in exactly the state you want, which is why data cleaning is such a critical skill for data professionals. By the end, you'll be able to transform messy data into ready-to-analyze data.

  • Intermediate friendly
  • 11 hrs
  • 5 lessons
  • 1 project
  • Premium

Course overview

Practice cleaning and preparing messy datasets in Python by aggregating, reshaping, and combining data for efficient, real-world analysis.

What's inside

5 lessons · 1 project

  • 01
    Data Aggregation

    Learn how to aggregate data using pandas.

    96 min
  • 02
    Combining Data Using Pandas

    Learn how to combine data using pandas.

    69 min
  • 03
    Transforming Data with Pandas

    Learn how to transform data with pandas.

    73 min
  • 04
    Working with Strings in Pandas

    Learn how to work with strings in pandas.

    103 min
  • 05
    Working With Missing And Duplicate Data

    Learn how to work with missing and duplicate data in pandas.

    88 min
  • 06
    Guided Project: Clean and Analyze Employee Exit Surveys Project

    For this project, we'll assume the role of data analysts for the Department of Education, Training and Employment and the Technical and Further Education institute in Queensland, Australia to analyze employee exit surveys and uncover insights about why employees resign.

    177 min

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