Data preparation

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Head of Curriculum Expansion at
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Data preparation
Ask yourself...

Do any elds need to be re ned?

Are there calculated elds we can create to more e ectively tell our data story?

Does the data contain elds that will allow for summaries or grouping at a higher level?

Are there su cient categorical elds to slice and dice your data?

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Divvy dataset: stations table
id : ID a ached to each station

name : station name

latitude : station latitude

longitude : station longitude

docks : number of docks at the station

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Divvy dataset: trips table
Trips taken between Jan - June, 2019

trip id : ID a ached to each trip

bikeid : ID a ached to each bike

tripduration : time of trip in seconds

starttime : day and time trip started (CST)

to station name : station name of end
endtime :day and time trip ended (CST)
usertype : customer or subscriber
from station id : station ID of trip start
birthyear : birth year of rider
from_station_name : station name of start
gender : gender of rider
to station id : station ID of trip end

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Dimension and measure recap
Dimensions:

Categorical or qualitative data

Measures:

Numerical data that can be aggregated

We want to move elds strategically between these two types:

Move numeric elds that shouldn't be aggregated to the Dimensions section

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 Preparing the data
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 Calculated Fields to
extend data
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 Visualizations for
exploratory analysis
of trends
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Looking for trends
Marketing opportunities

Scheduling maintenance

Managing size and scheduling of sta

Increasing or decreasing product stock or

availability

Hourly, daily monthly, annual

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Configuring data on Tableau

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Discrete or continuous time analysis?
Discrete (bins):

Trends by hour, day of the week, month, etc

Continuous (time series):

Presenting data over time in the sequence it historically occurred

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Continuous vs. discrete

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 Discrete time
analysis and Quick
Table Calculations
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 Slicing and dicing
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Head of Curriculum Expansion at
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