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CompTIA Data+ DA0-002 · Domain 2: Data acquisition and preparation

Data transformation: parsing, splitting and concatenating fields, type conversion, recoding and derived variables

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Transformation turns raw fields into the shape your analysis needs. Most of these operations are simple on their own, but you need to recognize them by name and choose the right one for a scenario.

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