What is Sparse Data & How to Deal with it?

In this story, I am going to talk about sparse data and how to deal with that kind f data. First I would go through what exactly sparse data is and then we would continue our discussion with dealing with such instances.

What is Sparse Data?

The data that has mostly unused data is called sparse data. In layman terms, A variable with sparse data is one in which a relatively high percentage of the variable’s cells do not contain actual data. Such “empty,” or NA, values take up storage space in the file.