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Peripherally related, but this tweet by @dataeditor at the Washington Post was amusing (https://twitter.com/dataeditor/status/1280278987797942272 https://twitte
by Amorymeltzer 6y ago
Peripherally related, but this tweet by @dataeditor at the Washington Post was amusing (https://twitter.com/dataeditor/status/1280278987797942272 https://twitter.com/dataeditor/status/1280278987797942272):
>Philadelphia, to its own credit, is spelled at least 57 different ways in the PPP loan data
(an image is included, with various items, such as "PHIADELPHIA", "PHILADELPHIA,", and "PHILLY")
Pretty well sums up data science. He also notes that Chicago is spelled 31 ways (https://twitter.com/dataeditor/status/1280277322596311041 https://twitter.com/dataeditor/status/1280277322596311041).
- dfxm12 6y agoI wonder if learning how to spell Philadelphia, Pennsylvania correctly at a young age must make one better at spelling than just having to to write something easier, like New York, New York.
- cjlars 6y agoData's all sorts of messed up in this. My friend's company is in this and 3 columns are flat out wrong and different from what he submitted. There's only 7 applicant submitted columns! But remember where it came from: thousands of lenders hand keying this stuff in with minimal guidance.