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Python Data Analysis

You're reading from   Python Data Analysis Perform data collection, data processing, wrangling, visualization, and model building using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789955248
Length 478 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Ivan Idris Ivan Idris
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Avinash Navlani Avinash Navlani
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Foundation for Data Analysis
2. Getting Started with Python Libraries FREE CHAPTER 3. NumPy and pandas 4. Statistics 5. Linear Algebra 6. Section 2: Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Cleaning
7. Data Visualization 8. Retrieving, Processing, and Storing Data 9. Cleaning Messy Data 10. Signal Processing and Time Series 11. Section 3: Deep Dive into Machine Learning
12. Supervised Learning - Regression Analysis 13. Supervised Learning - Classification Techniques 14. Unsupervised Learning - PCA and Clustering 15. Section 4: NLP, Image Analytics, and Parallel Computing
16. Analyzing Textual Data 17. Analyzing Image Data 18. Parallel Computing Using Dask 19. Other Books You May Enjoy
NumPy and pandas

Now that we have understood data analysis, its process, and its installation on different platforms, it's time to learn about NumPy arrays and pandas DataFrames. This chapter acquaints you with the fundamentals of NumPy arrays and pandas DataFrames. By the end of this chapter, you will have a basic understanding of NumPy arrays, and pandas DataFrames and their related functions.

pandas is named after panel data (an econometric term) and Python data analysis and is a popular open-source Python library. We shall learn about basic pandas functionalities, data structures, and operations in this chapter. The official pandas documentation insists on naming the project pandas in all lowercase letters. The other convention the pandas project insists on is the import pandas as pd import statement.

In this chapter, our focus will be on the following topics:

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