Part 3: The Preprocessing

In this part, you will learn how to use Python to perform data cleaning, data integration, data reduction, and data transformation to prepare data for successful analytic purposes.

This part comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 9, Data Cleaning Level I – Cleaning Up the Table
• Chapter 10, Data Cleaning Level II – Unpacking, Restructuring, and Reformulating the Table
• Chapter 11, Data Cleaning Level III – Missing Values, Outliers, and Errors
• Chapter 12, Data Fusion and Data Integration
• Chapter 13, Data Reduction
• Chapter 14, Data Transformation and Massaging