A huge part of data science involves acquiring raw data and getting it into a form ready for analysis. Some have estimated that data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning and manipulating data, and only 20% of their time actually analysing it or building models from it. [Source]

📔 In this meet-up, we will clean and tidy a messy Kaggle dataset using Python - preview the dataset here. You may choose to download it prior to the meet-up and follow along on your own machine, though just watching is ok, too. 

📔 Whilst I was originally intending to centre the meetup around a book/literary theme, I found the aforementioned dataframe (csv) just right for a short meet-up. Though it is titled Amazon book reviews - which is how I found it - it seems to be more about personal care product reviews. 

📔 Following a presentation and before/after demo, we will go straight into the code along. 

📔 You may find this meet-up useful if you are a beginner, just like me, and interested in playing around with real-world data, data analysis or data science in a broader sense. 

See you there 👋

FAQs

🔖 How much is this meetup? This is a free meetup hosted by a fellow learner.

📑 Do I have to be a PRO member to participate? You don't have to have a PRO account but you may need a free Codecademy account to sign on to the meet-up.

📖 What if I'm late? You can join after the event has started. No stress. You can also check in a few minutes early for a chat with me and your fellow learners.

🗣 Do I have to actively be involved? You can participate in the code along and keep your camera and mic off or on - completely up to you. Just watching is fine too.

🎥 Will this meet-up be recorded? The presentation bit will be recorded, the code along will not. 

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