Creating Good Data : A Guide to Dataset Structure and Data Representation /: A Guide to Dataset Structure and Data Representation. (2020)
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- Book
- Title:
- Creating Good Data : A Guide to Dataset Structure and Data Representation /: A Guide to Dataset Structure and Data Representation. (2020)
- Main Title:
- Creating Good Data : A Guide to Dataset Structure and Data Representation
- Further Information:
- Note: Harry J. Foxwell.
- Authors:
- Foxwell, Harry J
- Contents:
- Introduction Goal: The problem of dataset cleaning and why better design is needed Who this book is for Chapter 1: Basic Data Types Goal: understanding data types Nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio, other How/why to choose specific representations Chapter 2: Planning Your Data Collection Goal: preventive action, avoiding data creation errors Anticipating your required analysis The goals of descriptive statistics and visualizations The goals of relationship statistics and visualizations Independent and dependent variables Chapter 3: Dataset Structures Goal: Understanding how to structure/store data Types of datasets .csv, SQL, Excel, Web, JSON, Sharing data (open formats) Managing datasets Chapter 4: Data Collection Issues Goal: Understanding how to collect data Understand and avoid Bias Sampling Chapter 5: Examples and Use Cases Goal: Illustrate good & not so good datasets Chapter 6: Tools for Dataset Cleaning Goal: still need some data cleanup? here's some help Data cleaning using R, Python, commercial tools (e.g., Tableau) Annotated References Goal: include helpful data design and cleaning references.
- Publisher Details:
- Berkeley, CA : Apress
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Copyright Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (105 pages)
- Subjects:
- Computer science
Big data
Computers -- Database Management -- General
Databases - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781484261033
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781484261026
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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