Chapter 1:
Data Exploration and Cleaning

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

• Perform basic operations in Python
• Describe the business context of the case study data and its suitability for the task
• Perform data cleaning operations
• Examine statistical summaries and visualize the case study data
• Implement one-hot encoding on categorical variables

This chapter will get you started with basic operations in Python and shows you how to perform data-related operations such as data verification, data cleaning, datatype conversion, examining statistical summaries, and more.