medium · CFA Level I pm

Under the 'Financial Data Science' reading (New for 2027), what is the primary purpose of 'Data Cleaning' in the preparation pipeline?

  1. Reducing the dimensionality of the dataset using Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
  2. Creating new variables from existing ones to improve model predictive power.
  3. Handling missing values, removing outliers, and ensuring consistent formatting.

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