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Preparing your data

Preparing your data (basic)
Crash course on preparing your data (cleaning data, analytics and anonymization techniques )

In this discussion, Steve and Dr John Levine explore what is necessary to get some data ready for it to be used by a data scientist.

They look at for example, removing personal data, looking for and dealing with missing values and other anomalies that need to be addressed.

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The Power of Data in Health and Social Care

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