10 Data Cleaning Tips Before Visualization
You know the old saw Garbage in, garbage out. It couldn’t find a better application than to the need for rigorous data cleaning before visualization. 9 out of 10 data dentists agree: good data hygiene means proper data cleaning before visualization. Data visualization tools get all the glory for creating beauty out of bytes, but the real heavy lifting – the essential ingredient, and the unsung heroism – of data analytics is rigorous data cleaning before visualization, one of the most important components of data transformation. This cleaning and transforming prep happens long before the first bar chart appears. Because if the underlying data is messy, inconsistent, or misunderstood, even the most elegant visualization will tell the wrong story. Good … Read more