Phase 8 · Data Cleaning & Wrangling
TopicsData Validation Rules
Part of the Data Analyst Roadmap.
Summary
Defining explicit rules a dataset should satisfy (dates in a valid range, no negative prices, foreign keys that actually exist) and checking new data against them automatically.
How to Learn This
- 1Write 5 validation rules for a dataset you're working with (e.g. 'age between 0 and 120').
- 2Practice writing a query or script that flags rows violating each rule.
- 3Learn to build this into a repeatable check, not a one-time manual review.
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