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Excel Data Cleansing Essentials

The document outlines essential data cleansing techniques in Excel, including removing duplicates, formatting data, handling missing values, identifying outliers, and addressing non-standard characters. Each technique is designed to enhance data accuracy and reliability for analysis. Excel provides various built-in functions and tools to facilitate these processes.

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Excel Data Cleansing Essentials

The document outlines essential data cleansing techniques in Excel, including removing duplicates, formatting data, handling missing values, identifying outliers, and addressing non-standard characters. Each technique is designed to enhance data accuracy and reliability for analysis. Excel provides various built-in functions and tools to facilitate these processes.

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DATA ANALYSIS

Excel Data Cleansing


Essentials

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Duplicates

The process of identifying and deleting rows that contain


identical data in specified column remove duplicate rows
or values

This enhances data accuracy and consistency

Excel provides a built-in feature for easily removing


duplicates from your data
Data Formatting

Data formatting in Excel involves adjusting the appearance


of data without changing its underlying value

This includes changing fonts, styles, colors, and number


formats to enhance readability and presentation

Prevents errors in deeper study analysis


Missing Values

It handles missing values by deleting them, filling with


averages/medians, or using advanced techniques like
interpolation for accurate analysis

Excel's functions like ISNA, ISBLANK, and COUNT can help


detect missing values

Proper handling of missing values ensures the accuracy


and reliability of your data analysis
Outliers

Outliers refer to data points that significantly deviate from


the rest of the dataset

Excel provides statistical tools like mean, median, and


quartiles to identify outliers

It can be further analyzed or removed based on the specific


requirements of the analysis
Non-standard Characters

Invalid characters refer to special characters, symbols, or


non-printable characters that may disrupt data analysis or
processing

These can include characters like asterisks (*), question marks


(?), slashes (/), or non-ASCII characters

Removing or replacing invalid characters is crucial for


maintaining data integrity and ensuring accurate analysis
results
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