Questions to ask as you delve into data cleaning

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  1. Which data do we need for our analysis?
  2. Do we need to create any new variables?
  3. Are the data of the correct type?
  4. Do we need to combine data frames?
  5. Do the data need to be reshaped?
  6. Are there missing data?
  7. Are there outliers?