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The Data Science Workshop

You're reading from   The Data Science Workshop A New, Interactive Approach to Learning Data Science

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2020
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ISBN-13 9781838981266
Length 818 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Thomas Joseph Thomas Joseph
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Andrew Worsley Andrew Worsley
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Robert Thas John Robert Thas John
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Anthony So Anthony So
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Dr. Samuel Asare Dr. Samuel Asare
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Preface 1. Introduction to Data Science in Python 2. Regression FREE CHAPTER 3. Binary Classification 4. Multiclass Classification with RandomForest 5. Performing Your First Cluster Analysis 6. How to Assess Performance 7. The Generalization of Machine Learning Models 8. Hyperparameter Tuning 9. Interpreting a Machine Learning Model 10. Analyzing a Dataset 11. Data Preparation 12. Feature Engineering 13. Imbalanced Datasets 14. Dimensionality Reduction 15. Ensemble Learning 16. Machine Learning Pipelines 17. Automated Feature Engineering

Visualizing Your Data

In the previous section, we saw how to explore a new dataset and calculate some simple descriptive statistics. These measures helped summarize the dataset into interpretable metrics, such as the average or maximum values. Now it is time to dive even deeper and get a more granular view of each column using data visualization.

In a data science project, data visualization can be used either for data analysis or communicating gained insights. Presenting results in a visual way that stakeholders can easily understand and interpret them in is definitely a must-have skill for any good data scientist.

However, in this chapter, we will be focusing on using data visualization for analyzing data. Most people tend to interpret information more easily on a graph than reading written information. For example, when looking at the following descriptive statistics and the scatter plot for the same variable, which one do you think is easier to interpret? Let&apos...

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