Mastering Data Cleaning and Wrangling in R: Transform Messy Datasets Into Actionable Insights

By Alex Peak

MASTERING DATA CLEANING AND WRANGLING IN R: TRANSFORM MESSY DATASETS INTO ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS
No messy data can slow you down. With this book, you'll master R to turn chaos into clarity.
Data is rarely clean. Real-world datasets are messy, incomplete, and inconsistent-but they hold invaluable insights. Mastering Data Cleaning and Wrangling in R is your comprehensive guide to transforming raw, messy data into accurate, actionable results. Whether you're a beginner, a professional analyst, or a data scientist, this book gives you the practical tools and techniques to clean, transform, and analyze your data efficiently.
Inside, you'll discover step-by-step guidance on:
Inspecting and exploring datasets to understand their structure and detect inconsistencies.
Handling missing values, duplicates, and outliers so that your analysis is accurate and reliable.
Transforming numeric, categorical, string, and date-time data into clean, consistent formats.
Merging, joining, and aggregating multiple datasets to create a comprehensive, analysis-ready dataset.
Automating repetitive cleaning workflows for large or frequently updated datasets, saving time and reducing errors.
This book goes beyond just writing code-it teaches you how to think like a data wrangler. You'll learn best practices for reproducibility, efficiency, and workflow management, ensuring that your analyses are both trustworthy and scalable. With clear examples, practical tips, and modern R packages like tidyverse, dplyr, lubridate, and janitor, you'll gain the confidence to tackle messy datasets of any size.
By the end of this guide, you will be able to:
Confidently inspect, clean, and transform datasets.
Create reproducible, automated data cleaning workflows.
Prepare high-quality, analysis-ready data for visualization, modeling, or reporting.
Stop wasting time struggling with messy data. Mastering Data Cleaning and Wrangling in R empowers you to unlock the true potential of your datasets, turning chaos into insights, and transforming raw numbers into impactful decisions.
Take control of your data today-and turn messy datasets into actionable insights with R

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G2S5KNWD
• ISBN13: 9798274967563
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"