This course provides you with essential knowledge and skills to effectively prepare data for analysis. Starting with an overview of the Data Analytics pipeline and processes, the course explores various statistical and visualization techniques used in Exploratory and Descriptive Analytics to understand historical data. You will then delve into the art of Data Preparation, gaining expertise in data cleaning, handling missing values, detecting, and handling outliers, as well as transforming and engineering features. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with the necessary tools to ensure data quality and integrity, enabling you to make informed decisions and derive valuable insights from their data.

Level: Introductory

Length: 3 Hours

Format: Lecture + Hands-on

Prerequisites: Basic Python

:: Mon. June 3 ::

09:00 to 12:00

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Compute Ontario Summer School is a series of online courses on Advanced Research Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software. It runs from June 3 to June 21, 2024. The courses are delivered each workday from 9:00am to 4:30pm (EDT) with a lunch break,  in two parallel streams. Pick-and-choose the course(s) you want to attend. Registration is free. Please register early as  courses have a limited capacity. The Summer School is jointly delivered by SHARCNET, SciNet, Centre for Advanced Computing, in collaboration with the Alliance and RDM experts from across Ontario and Canada.