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Mastering pandas

You're reading from   Mastering pandas A complete guide to pandas, from installation to advanced data analysis techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789343236
Length 674 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ashish Kumar Ashish Kumar
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Overview of Data Analysis and pandas FREE CHAPTER
2. Introduction to pandas and Data Analysis 3. Installation of pandas and Supporting Software 4. Section 2: Data Structures and I/O in pandas
5. Using NumPy and Data Structures with pandas 6. I/Os of Different Data Formats with pandas 7. Section 3: Mastering Different Data Operations in pandas
8. Indexing and Selecting in pandas 9. Grouping, Merging, and Reshaping Data in pandas 10. Special Data Operations in pandas 11. Time Series and Plotting Using Matplotlib 12. Section 4: Going a Step Beyond with pandas
13. Making Powerful Reports In Jupyter Using pandas 14. A Tour of Statistics with pandas and NumPy 15. A Brief Tour of Bayesian Statistics and Maximum Likelihood Estimates 16. Data Case Studies Using pandas 17. The pandas Library Architecture 18. pandas Compared with Other Tools 19. A Brief Tour of Machine Learning 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Data validation

Data validation is the process of examining the quality of data to ensure it is both correct and useful for performing analysis. It uses routines, often called validation rules, that check for the genuineness of the data that is input to the models. In the age of big data, where vast caches of information are generated by computers and other forms of technology that contribute to the quantity of data being produced, it would be incompetent to use such data if it lacks quality, highlighting the importance of data validation.

In this case study, we are going to consider two DataFrames:

  • Test DataFrame (from a flat file)
  • Validation DataFrame (from MongoDB)

Validation routines are performed on the test DataFrame, keeping its counterpart as the reference.

Data overview...

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