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Exploring Your Data

4.5 - Exploring Your Data

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What command would you use to get a summary of a DataFrame's structure?

💡 Hint: Think about the function that gives you structural insights.

Question 2 Easy

How can you get the list of columns in your DataFrame?

💡 Hint: Look for the attribute associated with DataFrame that reveals its labels.

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Question 1

What function provides summary information about a DataFrame's structure?

df.info()
df.describe()
df.head()

💡 Hint: It's a basic function for understanding data layout.

Question 2

True or False: df.describe() can only be used with categorical data.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember what numerical summary statistics apply to.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a DataFrame with hundreds of rows and columns, outline how you would proceed to explore and clean the data before analysis.

💡 Hint: Remember to consider every step in terms of shaping your dataset for modeling.

Challenge 2 Hard

You're given a DataFrame where df.describe() shows a non-significant standard deviation for an age column. What steps should you take next?

💡 Hint: Think about what a low variance might indicate in terms of data quality.

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