# data preparation

> act of manipulating (or pre-processing) raw data (which may come from disparate data sources) into a form that can readily and accurately be analysed, e.g. for business purposes

**Wikidata**: [Q30325282](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30325282)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_preparation)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/data-preparation