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Step 3: Data Preprocessing

18.3.3 - Step 3: Data Preprocessing

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is data cleaning?

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when data is inaccurate.

Question 2 Easy

What is feature engineering?

💡 Hint: Consider how we improve data for models.

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Question 1

What is the primary goal of data preprocessing?

To make data visually appealing
To prepare data for analysis
To secure data

💡 Hint: Remember, it's about ensuring the data is usable.

Question 2

True or False: Outlier treatment has no impact on the quality of data analysis.

True
False

💡 Hint: How does ignoring outliers affect results?

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Challenge 1 Hard

You are given a dataset with many missing values and some extreme outliers. Outline your approach to clean and prepare the data for analysis.

💡 Hint: Consider both statistical techniques and business context when dealing with anomalies.

Challenge 2 Hard

Describe a scenario where feature engineering significantly improved a model's performance. What features would you create and why?

💡 Hint: Think about relationships between existing variables.

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