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data wrangling

data wrangling noun: the process of transforming and mapping data from one raw data form into another format with the intent of making it more appropriate for a variety of downstream purposes such as visualization and analytics.

Noun

data wrangling (uncountable)

  1. (slang, data management) The process of transforming and mapping data from one raw data form into another format with the intent of making it more appropriate for a variety of downstream purposes such as visualization and analytics.
    • Despite the challenges, data wrangling remains a fundamental building block that enables visualization and statistical modeling. Only through data wrangling can we make data useful.2016, Bradley C. Boehmke, Data Wrangling with R, Springer, →ISBN, page 3
    Synonyms:
    data munging

Synonyms of data wrangling

Questions about data wrangling

What does data wrangling mean?
Data wrangling means the process of transforming and mapping data from one raw data form into another format with the intent of making it more appropriate for a variety of downstream purposes such as visualization and analytics.
What part of speech is data wrangling?
Data wrangling is a noun.

Words near data wrangling in the dictionary

  1. data warehousing
  2. data wipe
  3. data wipes
  4. data wrangler
  5. data wranglers
  6. data wrangling
  7. data-base
  8. data-bases
  9. data-bound
  10. data-driven
  11. data-driven programming

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