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Using BigQuery to Explore and Analyze Data
In this hands-on lab, we'll use BigQuery—GCP's powerful data warehousing, analysis, and machine learning tool—to gain deeper insight into a dataset. We'll analyze the breadth and depth of the data and then look for patterns and surprising or interesting values.
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Access BigQuery
Navigate to the Google Cloud Platform and access BigQuery.
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Add the Chicago Taxi Trips Dataset
Add the Chicago Taxi Trips Dataset to your BigQuery collections.
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Examine the Dataset Schema
Examine the dataset schema, and take note of important values such as the important columns and their types.
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Examine the Dataset Details
Examine the dataset details, including the number of rows contained in the table.
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Query the Data
Test running queries against the dataset.
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Count Rows where Fare Is Not Null
Count the number of rows where the fare is not null.
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Find Correlations between Fare and Other Columns
Find the Pearson coefficient between the fare and other numeric columns of interest.
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Find Average Fare
Find the average fare across a large subset of data.
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