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Python Data Analysis - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789955248
Pages 478 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Avinash Navlani Avinash Navlani
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Ivan Idris Ivan Idris
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters close

Preface 1. Section 1: Foundation for Data Analysis
2. Getting Started with Python Libraries 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

Unsupervised learning

Unsupervised learning means learning by observation, not by example. This type of learning works with unlabeled data. Dimensionality reduction and clustering are examples of such learning. Dimensionality reduction is used to reduce a large number of attributes to just a few that can produce the same results. There are several methods that are available for reducing the dimensionality of data, such as principal component analysis (PCA), t-SNE, wavelet transformation, and attribute subset selection.

The term cluster means a group of similar items that are closely related to each other. Clustering is an approach for generating units or groups of items that are similar to each other. This similarity is computed based on certain features or characteristics of items. We can say that a cluster is a set of data points that are similar to others in its cluster and dissimilar to data points of other clusters. Clustering has numerous applications, such as in searching documents...

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