Data Exploration Checklist
Explore Checklist What is your data telling you? ⏹ Inspect your data : If your dataset isn’t too large, read through your data to assess whether interesting information jumps out ⏹ Use summary statistics : Evaluate your data by summarizing it (categorize, use statistics like average, standard deviation, etc.) ⏹ Inspect a random sample of your data : if your dataset is too large, a random sample may give you some initial information Visualizing data ⏹ Visualize your data using bar charts, line charts or scatter plots to examine information hidden in your dataset. Bar charts Line charts Scatter plots Examine variable distributions ⏹ Inspect the distribution of your data Categorize the data Plot the categorized data Common data distributions: Normal Bimodal Log-normal Exponential Uniform Learn more about your data: ⏹ Evaluate the minimum ⏹ Evaluate the maximum ⏹ Evaluate the mode ⏹ Evaluate the standard deviation Examine variable relationships ⏹ V...