COMP8430 Data Wrangling

S26 units8000-level

Real-world data are commonly messy, distributed, and heterogeneous. This course introduces core concepts of data cleaning and standardisation, and data integration, that are aimed at converting and mapping raw data into other formats that allow more efficient and convenient use and analysis of data. The courses also discusses data quality, management, and storage issues as relevant to data analytics.

2024S2
2025S2
2026S2
2027not offered

Prerequisites in 2024

Read automatically from the handbook's wording

All of

One of
- COMP7230Introduction to Programming for Data Scientists
- COMP6730Programming for Scientists
- COMP6710Structured Programming
One of
- COMP7240Introduction to Database Concepts
- COMP6240Relational Databases

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Incompatible with COMP3430: you can't count both.

The handbook's original wording (2024–2027)

To enrol in this course you must have completed either COMP7230 , COMP6730 or COMP6710 ; AND COMP7240 or COMP6240 . Incompatible with COMP3430 . A permission code is needed to take this course in intensive mode.

What it leads to in 2024

No course names COMP8430 in its 2024 prerequisites.

COMP8430 in the 2024 handbook on Programs and Courses