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Project overview
In this project, you’ll assume the role of a data professional working on a marine biology research team studying shark attacks. The analysis team wants to understand trends in attack locations and frequency over time, but first the raw dataset must be prepared.
You’ll gain hands-on experience importing the data into Excel, organizing it, handling missing values, and cleaning it to get the dataset analysis-ready. This project will strengthen your portfolio with practical data wrangling and preparation skills that are essential for real-world data analysis projects.
Objective: Prepare a dataset on shark attacks by importing, organizing and cleaning the data, enabling the team to analyze trends in attack location and frequency.
Projects steps
Step 1: Introduction
Step 2: Your Scenario
Step 3: Planning Your Approach
Step 4: Cleaning Your Data
Step 5: Data Cleaning Continued
Step 6: Data Cleaning Final Steps
Step 7: Verifying That Your Data is Clean
Step 8: Use Visualizations
Step 9: Handling Issues
Step 10: Next Steps
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