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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
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    30 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    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
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Michigan

    The Total Data Quality Framework

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

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    52 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Retrieve & Prep Data

    Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Data Cleansing, Data Preprocessing, Data Analysis, Data Quality, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Data Ethics, Data Validation, Microsoft Excel, Data Integrity, Verification And Validation, AI Workflows, Relational Databases, Project Documentation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    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
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • 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
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • H

    H2O.ai

    DataPrep for H2O Driverless AI

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Data Preprocessing, Machine Learning, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Applied Machine Learning, Data Quality, Data Wrangling, Data Analysis, Model Training, Data Manipulation, Classification Algorithms, Regression Analysis

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Data Manipulation and Management using MYSQL Workbench

    Skills you'll gain: MySQL Workbench, MySQL, Database Management Systems, Database Software, Database Management, Data Manipulation, Data Management, SQL, Databases, Information Management, Query Languages, Data Integration, Data Science

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    21 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • C

    Coursera

    Performing Data Definition and Manipulation in SQL

    Skills you'll gain: SQL, Database Development, Database Management, Relational Databases, Data Manipulation, Databases, Data Import/Export, PostgreSQL, Database Management Systems, Data Integrity

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    113 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Automate Data Onboarding, Validate, and Govern

    Skills you'll gain: Data Governance, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Data Management, Record Keeping, Metadata Management, Compliance Management, Data Integration, Data Maintenance, Data Processing, Information Privacy, Data Storage, AI Enablement, Extract, Transform, Load, Scalability, Data Validation, Analysis, Expense Management, Automation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Working with Cloud Dataprep on Google Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, Data Wrangling, Data Integration, Data Transformation, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Data Preprocessing, Google Cloud Platform, Self Service Technologies

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Data Loss Prevention: Qwik Start - JSON

    Skills you'll gain: Data Loss Prevention, Personally Identifiable Information, Information Privacy, JSON, Data Access, Data Security, Cloud Security, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Storage

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular data cleaning courses

  • Clean Data in SQL using MySQL Workbench: Coursera
  • Measuring Total Data Quality: University of Michigan
  • The Total Data Quality Framework: University of Michigan
  • Retrieve & Prep Data: Coursera
  • Design Strategies for Maximizing Total Data Quality: University of Michigan
  • Tidy Messy Data using tidyr in R: Coursera
  • DataPrep for H2O Driverless AI: H2O.ai
  • Data Manipulation and Management using MYSQL Workbench: Coursera
  • Performing Data Definition and Manipulation in SQL: Coursera
  • Automate Data Onboarding, Validate, and Govern: Coursera

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