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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

Understanding attributes and their types

Data is the collection of raw facts and statistics such as numbers, words, and observations. An attribute is a column or data field or series that represents the characteristics of an object and is also known as a variable, a feature, or a dimension. Statisticians use the term variable, while machine learning engineers prefer the term feature. The term dimension is used in data warehousing, while database professionals use the term attribute.

Types of attributes

The data type of attributes is more crucial for data analysis because certain situations require certain data types. The data type of attributes helps analysts select the correct method for data analysis and visualization plots. The following list shows the various attributes:

  1. Nominal attributes: Nominal refers to names or labels of categorized variables. The value of a nominal attribute can be the symbol or name of items. The values are categorical, qualitative, and unordered in nature...
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