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Data Manipulation in Python/R/SQL
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Data Manipulation in Python/R/SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

How would you approach Python, R, or SQL data manipulation on a small dataset?

Use the dataset_rows table below as the input. Write a SQL query that standardizes the data, removes unusable rows, and summarizes the cleaned records by category.

Output

  1. One row per category
  2. Columns: category, clean_row_count, valid_value_count, average_score
  3. Exclude rows where category is NULL or empty, and ignore rows where score is NULL
  4. Sort by clean_row_count descending, then category ascending

Schema

dataset_rows
ColumnTypeDescription
row_idPKINTUnique row identifier
categoryVARCHAR(50)Category label for the record
scoreNUMERIC(10,2)Numeric value used for summary
source_systemVARCHAR(50)System that produced the row
ingested_atDATEDate the row was loaded
Tablesdataset_rows
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