Cleaning variables
Users of an online entry system used to have the ability to freely type in responses to questions. This is causing issues when trying to analyze the adoptable dogs dataset, dogs
. Here is the current frequency table of the "sex"
column:
male 1672
female 1249
MALE 10
FEMALE 5
Malez 1
Now that the system only takes responses of "female" and "male", you want this variable to match the updated system.
This exercise is part of the course
Working with Categorical Data in Python
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Fix the misspelled word
replace_map = ____