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Become a Python Data Analyst

You're reading from   Become a Python Data Analyst Perform exploratory data analysis and gain insight into scientific computing using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789531701
Length 178 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Answering simple questions about a dataset

Let's take an example to look at a few questions and answer them. Say the HR director asks you to answer a few descriptive questions about the employees of the company. The following are a few such questions:

  • How many employees are there by department in the dataset?
  • What is the overall attrition rate?
  • What is the average hourly rate?
  • What is the average number of years at the company?
  • Who are the five employees with the most number of years at the company?
  • How satisfied are employees overall?

Total employees by department in the dataset

To view the departments in the dataset, you use the data['Department'] statement. We get the column called Department, which is...

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