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Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

By : Ivan Idris
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Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

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By: Ivan Idris

Overview of this book

Data analysis techniques generate useful insights from small and large volumes of data. Python, with its strong set of libraries, has become a popular platform to conduct various data analysis and predictive modeling tasks. With this book, you will learn how to process and manipulate data with Python for complex analysis and modeling. We learn data manipulations such as aggregating, concatenating, appending, cleaning, and handling missing values, with NumPy and Pandas. The book covers how to store and retrieve data from various data sources such as SQL and NoSQL, CSV fies, and HDF5. We learn how to visualize data using visualization libraries, along with advanced topics such as signal processing, time series, textual data analysis, machine learning, and social media analysis. The book covers a plethora of Python modules, such as matplotlib, statsmodels, scikit-learn, and NLTK. It also covers using Python with external environments such as R, Fortran, C/C++, and Boost libraries.
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Python Data Analysis - Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Key Concepts
Online Resources

The Pandas DataFrames


A Pandas DataFrame is a labeled two-dimensional data structure and is similar in spirit to a worksheet in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel, or a relational database table. The columns in Pandas DataFrame can be of different types. A similar concept, by the way, was invented originally in the R programming language. (For more information, refer to http://www.r-tutor.com/r-introduction/data-frame). A DataFrame can be created in the following ways:

  • Using another DataFrame.

  • Using a NumPy array or a composite of arrays that has a two-dimensional shape.

  • Likewise, we can create a DataFrame out of another Pandas data structure called Series. We will learn about Series in the following section.

  • A DataFrame can also be produced from a file, such as a CSV file.

  • From a dictionary of one-dimensional structures, such as one-dimensional NumPy arrays, lists, dicts, or Pandas Series.

As an example, we will use data that can be retrieved from http://www.exploredata.net/Downloads/WHO-Data-Set...

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