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Preparing Data Is Half the Battle

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The second step of data analysis is cleaning the data. Getting data ready for analytical tools can be a difficult task. Python and its libraries try to make it as easy as possible.

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Henley, A.J., Wolf, D. (2018). Preparing Data Is Half the Battle. In: Learn Data Analysis with Python. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3486-0_3

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