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Data Cleaning Courses

Data cleaning courses can help you learn techniques for identifying and correcting errors in datasets, handling missing values, and standardizing data formats. You can build skills in data validation, outlier detection, and transforming raw data into a usable format. Many courses introduce tools like Python libraries such as Pandas and NumPy, as well as software like OpenRefine, that support executing data cleaning tasks efficiently and ensuring data quality for analysis.


Popular Data Cleaning Courses and Certifications


  • C

    Coursera

    Clean Data in SQL using MySQL Workbench

    Skills you'll gain: MySQL, MySQL Workbench, SQL, Data Cleansing, Query Languages, Data Manipulation, Database Management, Databases, Data Quality, Relational Databases, Data Entry

    ★ 4.7 (30) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Michigan

    The Total Data Quality Framework

    Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Data Collection, Data Validation, Data Analysis, Data Preprocessing, Analysis, Data Processing, Data Access

    ★ 4.6 (50) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • M

    Microsoft

    Mastering Data Wrangling with dplyr

    Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Wrangling, R Programming, R (Software), Data Analysis

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Michigan

    Measuring Total Data Quality

    Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Quantitative Research, Data Validation, Data Collection, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Access, Statistical Analysis, Sampling (Statistics)

    ★ 4.5 (6) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Tidy Messy Data using tidyr in R

    Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Plot (Graphics), Data Cleansing, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Wrangling, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, R Programming, Data Manipulation, Statistical Visualization, R (Software), Data Analysis, Data Management, Pivot Tables And Charts

    ★ 4.6 (10) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • M

    Microsoft

    Data Preparation and Management

    Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Cleansing, Power BI, Data Transformation, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Preprocessing, Data Wrangling, Data Processing, Data Maintenance, Data Integration, Data Integrity, Data Analysis, Data Storage

    ★ 5 (22) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    UiPath

    Data Manipulation in RPA

    Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Robotic Process Automation, Automation, Data Management

    ★ 4.8 (77) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Data Balancing with Gen AI: Credit Card Fraud Detection

    Skills you'll gain: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Generative AI, Fraud detection, Generative Model Architectures, Keras (Neural Network Library), Tensorflow, Data Preprocessing, Deep Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Data Visualization, Model Training, Data Synthesis, Python Programming

    ★ 4.1 (9) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Wrangling Data in the Tidyverse

    Skills you'll gain: Data Wrangling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Tidyverse (R Package), Data Manipulation, Data Transformation, R Programming, R (Software), Data Processing, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Statistical Programming, Text Mining, Correlation Analysis

    ★ 4.5 (33) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • G

    Google Cloud

    Assessing Data Quality with Dataplex

    Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Data Lakes, Data Governance, Data Validation, Google Cloud Platform, Data Analysis, Data Warehousing, Query Languages

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • B

    Board Infinity

    Learn Data Governance Workflows with Databricks Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, Databricks, Data Management, Metadata Management, Data Quality, Data Security

    ★ 2.8 (34) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Michigan

    Design Strategies for Maximizing Total Data Quality

    Skills you'll gain: Data Quality, Data Integrity, Data Validation, Data Collection, Data Processing, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Verification And Validation, Data Access, Design Strategies

    ★ 5 (8) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular data cleaning courses

  • Clean Data in SQL using MySQL Workbench: Coursera
  • The Total Data Quality Framework: University of Michigan
  • Mastering Data Wrangling with dplyr: Microsoft
  • Measuring Total Data Quality: University of Michigan
  • Tidy Messy Data using tidyr in R: Coursera
  • Data Preparation and Management: Microsoft
  • Data Manipulation in RPA: UiPath
  • Data Balancing with Gen AI: Credit Card Fraud Detection: Coursera
  • Wrangling Data in the Tidyverse: Johns Hopkins University
  • Assessing Data Quality with Dataplex: Google Cloud

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