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Python Data Analysis - Second Edition

By : Ivan Idris
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Python Data Analysis - Second Edition

By: Ivan Idris

Overview of this book

Data analysis techniques generate useful insights from small and large volumes of data. Python, with its strong set of libraries, has become a popular platform to conduct various data analysis and predictive modeling tasks. With this book, you will learn how to process and manipulate data with Python for complex analysis and modeling. We learn data manipulations such as aggregating, concatenating, appending, cleaning, and handling missing values, with NumPy and Pandas. The book covers how to store and retrieve data from various data sources such as SQL and NoSQL, CSV fies, and HDF5. We learn how to visualize data using visualization libraries, along with advanced topics such as signal processing, time series, textual data analysis, machine learning, and social media analysis. The book covers a plethora of Python modules, such as matplotlib, statsmodels, scikit-learn, and NLTK. It also covers using Python with external environments such as R, Fortran, C/C++, and Boost libraries.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Python Data Analysis - Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Key Concepts
Online Resources

Statistics with Pandas DataFrames


The Pandas DataFrame has a dozen statistical methods. The following table lists these methods, along with a short description of each:

Method

Description

describe

This method returns a small table with descriptive statistics.

count

This method returns the number of non-NaN items.

mad

This method calculates the mean absolute deviation, which is a robust measure similar to the standard deviation.

median

This method returns the median. This is equivalent to the value at the 50th percentile.

min

This method returns the lowest value.

max

This method returns the highest value.

mode

This method returns the mode, which is the most frequently occurring value.

std

This method returns the standard deviation, which measures dispersion. It is the square root of the variance.

var

This method returns the variance.

skew

This method returns skewness. Skewness is indicative of the distribution symmetry.

kurt

This method returns...