.. _user_guide.data_preparation:


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Data Preparation
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      .. card:: Joins
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/joins/index.html
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          6 mins
          ^^^^^^^

          Combine datasets seamlessly using various 
          join techniques to enrich and consolidate your data.

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      .. card:: Duplicates
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/duplicates/index.html
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          2 mins
          ^^^^^^^

          Identify and manage duplicate records, 
          ensuring data integrity and accuracy.

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        .. card:: Outliers
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/outliers/index.html
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          5 mins
          ^^^^^^^

          Detect and handle outliers in your 
          dataset for robust and reliable analyses.

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        .. card:: Missing values
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/missing_values/index.html
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          18 mins
          ^^^^^^^^

          Address missing data through 
          imputation and imporve the completeness 
          of your dataset.

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        .. card:: Encoding
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/encoding/index.html
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          5 mins
          ^^^^^^^

          Transform categorical data into numerical 
          formats, a crucial step for machine learning models.

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        .. card:: Normalization
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/normalization/index.html
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          5 mins
          ^^^^^^^

          Standardize numerical features to a 
          common scale, optimizing model performance.


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        .. card:: Decomposition
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/decomposition/index.html
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          4 mins
          ^^^^^^^

          Break down complex data structures into 
          simpler components, facilitating analysis 
          and understanding.

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        .. card:: Feature engineering
          :link: notebooks/data_prep/features_engineering/index.html
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          7 mins
          ^^^^^^^

          Create new informative features to 
          enhance the predictive power of your models.

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  notebooks/data_prep/decomposition/index.ipynb
  notebooks/data_prep/duplicates/index.ipynb
  notebooks/data_prep/encoding/index.ipynb
  notebooks/data_prep/features_engineering/index.ipynb
  notebooks/data_prep/joins/index.ipynb
  notebooks/data_prep/missing_values/index.ipynb
  notebooks/data_prep/normalization/index.ipynb
  notebooks/data_prep/outliers/index.ipynb