.. _user_guide.data_preparation:

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Data Preparation
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Essential techniques for cleaning and transforming data.

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        .. card:: |i-joins| Joins
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.joins
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            6 mins

            ^^^^^^^

            Combine datasets using various join techniques.

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        .. card:: |i-dupes| Duplicates
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.duplicates
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            2 mins

            ^^^^^^^

            Identify and remove duplicate records.

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        .. card:: |i-outliers| Outliers
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.outliers
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            5 mins

            ^^^^^^^

            Detect and handle outliers in your dataset.

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        .. card:: |i-missing| Missing Values
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.missing_values
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            18 mins

            ^^^^^^^^

            Address missing data through imputation techniques.

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        .. card:: |i-encode| Encoding
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.encoding
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            5 mins

            ^^^^^^^

            Transform categorical data into numerical formats.

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        .. card:: |i-scale| Scaling
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.scale
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            5 mins

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            Standardize numerical features to a common scale.

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        .. card:: |i-decomp| Decomposition
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.decomposition
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            4 mins

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            Break down complex data into simpler components.

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        .. card:: |i-feateng| Feature Engineering
            :link: user_guide.data_preparation.features_engineering
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            7 mins

            ^^^^^^^

            Create new features to enhance model performance.

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    user_guide_data_preparation_joins
    user_guide_data_preparation_duplicates
    user_guide_data_preparation_outliers
    user_guide_data_preparation_missing_values
    user_guide_data_preparation_encoding
    user_guide_data_preparation_scale
    user_guide_data_preparation_decomposition
    user_guide_data_preparation_features_engineering