This chapter covered the basic statistics and data terminology that are required for working in data mining. The final portion of the chapter was dedicated to a full working example, which combined the types of techniques that will be introduced later on in this book. After reading this chapter, you should have a better understanding of the thought processes behind analysis and the common steps taken to address a problem statement that you may encounter in the field. The subsequent chapters will explore each aspect of the example in more depth, with the next chapter focusing on collecting data, loading it into memory, and exploring it with ease.
Python Data Mining Quick Start Guide
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Python Data Mining Quick Start Guide
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Overview of this book
Data mining is a necessary and predictable response to the dawn of the information age. It is typically defined as the pattern and/ or trend discovery phase in the data mining pipeline, and Python is a popular tool for performing these tasks as it offers a wide variety of tools for data mining.
This book will serve as a quick introduction to the concept of data mining and putting it to practical use with the help of popular Python packages and libraries. You will get a hands-on demonstration of working with different real-world datasets and extracting useful insights from them using popular Python libraries such as NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, and matplotlib. You will then learn the different stages of data mining such as data loading, cleaning, analysis, and visualization. You will also get a full conceptual description of popular data transformation, clustering, and classification techniques.
By the end of this book, you will be able to build an efficient data mining pipeline using Python without any hassle.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Data Mining and Getting Started with Python Tools
Basic Terminology and Our End-to-End Example
Collecting, Exploring, and Visualizing Data
Cleaning and Readying Data for Analysis
Grouping and Clustering Data
Prediction with Regression and Classification
Advanced Topics - Building a Data Processing Pipeline and Deploying It
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