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Python Data Analysis

Python Data Analysis

By : Idris
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Python Data Analysis

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Overview of this book

This book is for programmers, scientists, and engineers who have knowledge of the Python language and know the basics of data science. It is for those who wish to learn different data analysis methods using Python and its libraries. This book contains all the basic ingredients you need to become an expert data analyst.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Section 1: Foundation for Data Analysis
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Section 1: Foundation for Data Analysis
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Getting Started with Python Libraries
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Getting Started with Python Libraries
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Understanding data analysis
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The standard process of data analysis
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The KDD process
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SEMMA
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CRISP-DM
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Comparing data analysis and data science
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The skillsets of data analysts and data scientists
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Installing Python 3
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Software used in this book
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Using IPython as a shell
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Using JupyterLab
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Using Jupyter Notebooks
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Advanced features of Jupyter Notebooks
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Summary
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NumPy and pandas
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NumPy and pandas
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Technical requirements
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Understanding NumPy arrays
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NumPy array numerical data types
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Manipulating array shapes
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The stacking of NumPy arrays
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Partitioning NumPy arrays
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Changing the data type of NumPy arrays
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Creating NumPy views and copies
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Slicing NumPy arrays
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Boolean and fancy indexing
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Broadcasting arrays
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Creating pandas DataFrames
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Understanding pandas Series
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Reading and querying the Quandl data
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Describing pandas DataFrames
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Grouping and joining pandas DataFrame
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Working with missing values
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Creating pivot tables
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Dealing with dates
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Summary
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References
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Statistics
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Statistics
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Technical requirements
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Understanding attributes and their types
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Measuring central tendency
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Measuring dispersion
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Skewness and kurtosis
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Understanding relationships using covariance and correlation coefficients
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Central limit theorem
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Collecting samples
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Performing parametric tests
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Performing non-parametric tests
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Summary
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Linear Algebra
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Linear Algebra
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Technical requirements
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Fitting to polynomials with NumPy
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Determinant
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Finding the rank of a matrix
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Matrix inverse using NumPy
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Solving linear equations using NumPy
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Decomposing a matrix using SVD
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Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues using NumPy
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Generating random numbers
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Binomial distribution
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Normal distribution
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Testing normality of data using SciPy
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Creating a masked array using the numpy.ma subpackage
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Summary
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Section 2: Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Cleaning
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Section 2: Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Cleaning
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Data Visualization
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Data Visualization
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Technical requirements
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Visualization using Matplotlib
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Advanced visualization using the Seaborn package
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Interactive visualization with Bokeh
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Retrieving, Processing, and Storing Data
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Retrieving, Processing, and Storing Data
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Technical requirements
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Reading and writing CSV files with NumPy
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Reading and writing CSV files with pandas
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Reading and writing data from Excel
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Reading and writing data from JSON
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Reading and writing data from HDF5
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Reading and writing data from HTML tables
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Reading and writing data from Parquet
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Reading and writing data from a pickle pandas object
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Lightweight access with sqllite3
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Reading and writing data from MySQL
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Reading and writing data from MongoDB
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Reading and writing data from Cassandra
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Reading and writing data from Redis
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PonyORM
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Cleaning Messy Data
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Cleaning Messy Data
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Technical requirements
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Exploring data
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Filtering data to weed out the noise
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Handling missing values
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Handling outliers
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Feature encoding techniques
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Feature scaling
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Feature transformation
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Feature splitting
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Signal Processing and Time Series
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Signal Processing and Time Series
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Technical requirements
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The statsmodels modules
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Moving averages
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Window functions
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Defining cointegration
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STL decomposition
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Autocorrelation
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Autoregressive models
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ARMA models
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Generating periodic signals
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Fourier analysis
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Spectral analysis filtering
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Section 3: Deep Dive into Machine Learning
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Section 3: Deep Dive into Machine Learning
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Supervised Learning - Regression Analysis
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Supervised Learning - Regression Analysis
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Technical requirements
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Linear regression
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Understanding multicollinearity
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Dummy variables
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Developing a linear regression model
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Evaluating regression model performance
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Fitting polynomial regression
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Regression models for classification
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Logistic regression
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Implementing logistic regression using scikit-learn
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Supervised Learning - Classification Techniques
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Supervised Learning - Classification Techniques
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Classification
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Naive Bayes classification
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Decision tree classification
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KNN classification
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SVM classification
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Splitting training and testing sets
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Evaluating the classification model performance
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ROC curve and AUC
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Unsupervised Learning - PCA and Clustering
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Unsupervised Learning - PCA and Clustering
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Technical requirements
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Unsupervised learning
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Reducing the dimensionality of data
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Clustering
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Partitioning data using k-means clustering
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Hierarchical clustering
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DBSCAN clustering
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Spectral clustering
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Evaluating clustering performance
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Section 4: NLP, Image Analytics, and Parallel Computing
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Section 4: NLP, Image Analytics, and Parallel Computing
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Analyzing Textual Data
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Analyzing Textual Data
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Installing NLTK and SpaCy
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Text normalization
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Tokenization
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Removing stopwords
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Stemming and lemmatization
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POS tagging
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Recognizing entities
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Dependency parsing
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Creating a word cloud
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Bag of Words
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TF-IDF
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Sentiment analysis using text classification
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Text similarity
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Analyzing Image Data
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Analyzing Image Data
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Installing OpenCV
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Understanding image data
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Color models
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Drawing on images
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Writing on images
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Resizing images
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Flipping images
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Changing the brightness
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Blurring an image
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Face detection
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Parallel Computing Using Dask
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Parallel Computing Using Dask
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Parallel computing using Dask
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Dask data types
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Dask Delayed
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Preprocessing data at scale
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Machine learning at scale
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Summary
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Preface

 

"Data analysis is Python's killer app."

 
 --Unknown

Data analysis has a rich history in the natural, biomedical, and social sciences. You may have heard of Big Data. Although, it's hard to give a precise definition of Big Data, we should be aware of its impact on data analysis efforts. Currently, we have the following trends associated with Big Data:

  • The world's population continues to grow
  • More and more data is collected and stored
  • The number of transistors that can be put on a computer chip cannot grow indefinitely
  • Governments, scientists, industry, and individuals have a growing need to learn from data

Data analysis has gained popularity lately due to the hype around Data Science. Data analysis and Data Science attempt to extract information from data. For that purpose, we use techniques from statistics, machine learning, signal processing, natural language processing, and computer science.

A mind map visualizing Python software that can be used for data analysis can be found at http://www.xmind.net/m/WvfC/. The first thing that we should notice is that the Python ecosystem is very mature. It includes famous packages such as NumPy, SciPy, and matplotlib. This should not come as a surprise since Python has been around since 1989. Python is easy to learn and use, less verbose than other programming languages, and very readable. Even if you don't know Python, you can pick up the basics within days, especially if you have experience in another programming language. To enjoy this book, you don't need more than the basics. There are plenty of books, courses, and online tutorials that teach Python.

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