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Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

By : Idris
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Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

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By: 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 (16 chapters)
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A. Key Concepts
15
C. Online Resources

What you need for this book

The code examples in this book should work on most modern operating systems. For all chapters, Python > 3.5.0 and pip3 is required. You can download Python 3.5.x from https://www.python.org/downloads/. On this webpage, you can find installers for Windows and Mac OS X as well as source archives for Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X. You can find instructions for installing and using python for various operating systems on this webpage: https://docs.python.org/3/using/index.html. Most of the time, we need to run the following command with admin privileges to install various python libraries needed for the content of the book:

$ pip3 install <some library>

The following is a list of python libraries used for the examples:

  • numpy
  • scipy
  • pandas
  • matplotlib
  • ipython
  • jupyter
  • notebook
  • readline
  • scikit-learn
  • rpy2
  • Quandl
  • statsmodels
  • feedparser
  • beautifulsoup4
  • lxml
  • numexpr
  • tables
  • openpyxl
  • xlsxwriter
  • xlrd
  • pony
  • dataset
  • pymongo
  • redis
  • python3-memcache
  • cassandra-driver
  • sqlalchemy
  • nltk
  • networkx
  • theanets
  • nose_parameterized
  • pydot2
  • deap
  • JPype1
  • gprof2dot
  • line_profiler
  • cython
  • cytoolz
  • joblib
  • bottleneck
  • jug
  • mpi4py

Apart from python libraries we also need the following software:

  • Redis server
  • Cassandra
  • Java 8
  • Graphviz
  • Octave
  • R
  • SWIG
  • PCRE
  • Boost
  • gfortran
  • MPI

Usually, the latest version available should work for the above mentioned libraries and software.

Note

Some of the software listed are used for a single example; therefore, please check first whether the example is relevant for you before installing the software.

To uninstall Python packages installed with pip, use the following command:

   $ pip3 uninstall <some library>

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