Task $1$B $(10)$

Case Study: Buttercup Bakery

Buttercup Bakery, a family$-$owned establishment located in Johannesburg, is the supplier of baked goods to customers

nationwide. You have been entrusted with a data set containing sales figures for the month of April $2024($as per the

spreadsheet provided below$),$ which will serve as the foundation for data analysis to inform management$$s decisionmaking.

Typically, monthly sales at Buttercup Bakery fall within the range of R$500$ to R$5000.$

In your capacity as the company$$s data analyst, you convey to the management team the requirement for an extension of

the analysis timeline. You explain that the data set necessitates initial preparation through data cleansing before the

analysis can commence.

Describe to management the concept of data cleaning, using the background in the case study

Buttercup Bakery and the data set presented above as an illustrative example.