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Mastering Matplotlib

You're reading from   Mastering Matplotlib A practical guide that takes you beyond the basics of matplotlib and gives solutions to plot complex data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783987542
Length 292 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Up to Speed 2. The matplotlib Architecture FREE CHAPTER 3. matplotlib APIs and Integrations 4. Event Handling and Interactive Plots 5. High-level Plotting and Data Analysis 6. Customization and Configuration 7. Deploying matplotlib in Cloud Environments 8. matplotlib and Big Data 9. Clustering for matplotlib Index

Data analysis

The following is the definition of data analysis given by Wikipedia:

"Analysis of data is a process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision-making."

In the Python scientific computing community, the definition tends to lean away from the software business applications and more towards a statistical analysis. In this section, while we will see a little math, our purpose is not to engage in a rigorous exploration of mathematical analysis, but rather provide a plausible context for using various tools in the matplotlib ecosystem that assist in high-level plotting and various related activities.

Pandas, SciPy, and Seaborn

We've just learned more about Seaborn, and we'll be working more with it in this section. We've used Pandas a bit, but haven't formally introduced it, nor SciPy.

The Pandas project describes generic Python as a great tool...

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