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Big Data Analysis with Python

You're reading from   Big Data Analysis with Python Combine Spark and Python to unlock the powers of parallel computing and machine learning

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789955286
Length 276 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ivan Marin Ivan Marin
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Ankit Shukla Ankit Shukla
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Big Data Analysis with Python
Preface
1. The Python Data Science Stack 2. Statistical Visualizations FREE CHAPTER 3. Working with Big Data Frameworks 4. Diving Deeper with Spark 5. Handling Missing Values and Correlation Analysis 6. Exploratory Data Analysis 7. Reproducibility in Big Data Analysis 8. Creating a Full Analysis Report Appendix

Chapter 4. Diving Deeper with Spark

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Implement the basic Spark DataFrame API

  • Read data and create Spark DataFrames from different data sources

  • Manipulate and process data using different Spark DataFrame options

  • Visualize data in Spark DataFrames using different plots

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In this chapter, we will use the Spark as an analysis tool for big datasets.

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