Statistical Data Cleaning with Applications in R by Mark Van Der Loo

Statistical Data Cleaning with Applications in R by Mark Van Der Loo

A comprehensive guide to automated statistical data cleaning  The production of clean data is a complex and time-consuming process that requires both technical know-how and statistical expertise. Statistical Data Cleaning brings together a wide range of techniques for cleaning textual, numeric or categorical data. This book examines technical data cleaning methods relating to data representation and data structure. A prominent role is given to statistical data validation, data cleaning based on predefined restrictions, and data cleaning strategy. Key features: Focuses on the automation of data cleaning methods, including both theory and applications written in R. Enables the reader to design data cleaning processes for either one-off analytical purposes or for setting up production systems that clean data on a regular basis. Explores statistical techniques for solving issues such as incompleteness, contradictions and outliers, integration of data cleaning components and quality monitoring. Supported by an accompanying website featuring data and R code. This book enables data scientists and statistical analysts working with data to deepen their understanding of data cleaning as well as to upgrade their practical data cleaning skills. It can also be used as material for a course in data cleaning and analyses.

Mark van der Loo and Edwin de Jonge, Department of Statistical Methods, Statistics Netherlands, The Netherlands

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ISBN 13	9781118897157
ISBN 10	1118897153
Title	Statistical Data Cleaning with Applications in R
Author	Mark Van Der Loo
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Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	2018-03-30
Number of pages	320
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