DATA PREPROCESSING FOR
VISUALIZATION
TURNING RAW DATA INTO ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS
WHY DATA PREPROCESSING
MATTERS
• IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN AND STRUCTURED DATA FOR
EFFECTIVE VISUALIZATION.
• ROLE OF PREPROCESSING IN AVOIDING MISLEADING
INSIGHTS.
KEY STEPS IN DATA
PREPROCESSING
• 1. CLEANING
• 2. FILTERING
• 3. TRANSFORMING
WHAT IS RAW DATA?
• DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS.
• EXAMPLES: MISSING VALUES, OUTLIERS, DUPLICATES.
ESSENTIAL LIBRARIES AND
TOOLS
• 1. PANDAS FOR CLEANING AND TRANSFORMATION.
• 2. NUMPY FOR NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS.
• 3. MATPLOTLIB/SEABORN FOR INITIAL DATA
EXPLORATION.
WHAT IS DATA CLEANING?
• DEFINITION AND OBJECTIVES.
• REMOVING NOISE AND INCONSISTENCIES.
TECHNIQUES IN ACTION
• 1. HANDLING MISSING VALUES: FILLNA() AND DROPNA().
• 2. REMOVING DUPLICATES: DROP_DUPLICATES().
PANDAS EXAMPLE - MISSING
DATA
• EXAMPLE CODE:
• IMPORT PANDAS AS PD
• DF = PD.DATAFRAME({'A': [1, NONE, 3], 'B': [4, 5,
NONE]})
• DF.FILLNA(0)
WHY FILTER DATA?
• IMPORTANCE OF FOCUSING ON RELEVANT DATA.
• USE CASES: DATE RANGES, NUMERIC THRESHOLDS.
FILTERING ROWS AND COLUMNS
• 1. FILTERING ROWS: QUERY() METHOD.
• 2. SELECTING COLUMNS: [['COLUMN_NAME']].
PANDAS EXAMPLE - FILTERING
• EXAMPLE CODE:
• DF = PD.DATAFRAME({'A': [1, 2, 3], 'B': [4, 5, 6]})
• DF[DF['A'] > 1]
TRANSFORMING DATA FOR
INSIGHTS
• DEFINITION AND WHY IT'S ESSENTIAL.
• TYPES: SCALING, ENCODING, AND AGGREGATION.
TECHNIQUES IN PRACTICE
• 1. ENCODING CATEGORICAL DATA: PD.GET_DUMMIES().
• 2. AGGREGATING DATA: GROUPBY().
PANDAS EXAMPLE -
AGGREGATION
• EXAMPLE CODE:
• DF.GROUPBY('CATEGORY')['VALUE'].SUM()
FROM PREPROCESSED DATA TO
VISUALIZATION
• CLEAN DATA LEADS TO CLEARER CHARTS AND
DASHBOARDS.
• IMPORTANCE OF CHOOSING THE RIGHT VISUALIZATION
TYPE.
CASE STUDY 1
• PREPROCESSING SALES DATA
• - CLEANING SALES DATA FOR MISSING PRICES.
• - FILTERING BY DATE RANGE.
CASE STUDY 2
• ANALYZING SOCIAL MEDIA DATA
• - REMOVING OUTLIERS IN LIKES/SHARES.
• - AGGREGATING BY USER DEMOGRAPHICS.
CHALLENGES IN DATA
PREPROCESSING
• 1. INCOMPLETE DATA.
• 2. NON-STANDARD FORMATS.
• 3. PERFORMANCE WITH LARGE DATASETS.
STREAMLINING PREPROCESSING
• 1. DOCUMENT STEPS.
• 2. AUTOMATE REPETITIVE TASKS.
• 3. VALIDATE OUTCOMES.
LEVERAGING ADVANCED
METHODS
• 1. USING PIPELINES IN PANDAS.
• 2. SCALING WITH LIBRARIES LIKE SKLEARN.
INDUSTRIES BENEFITING FROM
PREPROCESSING
• 1. HEALTHCARE: PATIENT DATA PREPROCESSING.
• 2. RETAIL: SALES TREND ANALYSIS.
AUTOMATION WITH PYTHON
LIBRARIES
• BENEFITS OF AUTOMATING PREPROCESSING.
• LIBRARIES: PANDAS, DASK.
SUMMARY OF KEY TAKEAWAYS
• 1. CLEANING, FILTERING, TRANSFORMING ARE KEY.
• 2. PANDAS IS A POWERFUL LIBRARY.
• 3. PREPROCESSING ENSURES MEANINGFUL INSIGHTS.
Q&A
• INVITE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
THANK YOU!
