What’s the best way to clean and prepare a dataset or data set for analysis? or How do you handle mis

If you’re just starting, don’t overcomplicate it!

For small dataset or data set stuff, Excel’s "Remove Duplicates" and "Text to Columns" are your best friends.

For bigger jobs, yeah, pandas is the way to go. But maybe try a tutorial first—it’s not *that* hard once you get the hang of it.

Biggest shortcut? Automate repetitive stuff with scripts. Saves so much time in the long run.