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Python Data Analysis, Second Edition

You're reading from Python Data Analysis, Second Edition Data manipulation and complex data analysis with Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787127487

Length 330 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Scikit-learn

Concepts

Data Analysis

Author (1):

Armando Fandango

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Python Data Analysis - Second Edition

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Preface

1. Getting Started with Python Libraries FREE CHAPTER

2. NumPy Arrays

3. The Pandas Primer

4. Statistics and Linear Algebra

5. Retrieving, Processing, and Storing Data

6. Data Visualization

7. Signal Processing and Time Series

8. Working with Databases

9. Analyzing Textual Data and Social Media

10. Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning

11. Environments Outside the Python Ecosystem and Cloud Computing

12. Performance Tuning, Profiling, and Concurrency

Key Concepts

Useful Functions

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Appendix B. Useful Functions

This appendix lists useful functions organized by packages for matplotlib, NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, and SciPy.

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Authors (1)

Armando Fandango

Armando Fandango

Armando Fandango is an accomplished technologist with hands-on capabilities and senior executive level experience with startups and large companies globally. Armando is spearheading Epic Engineering and Consulting Group as Chief Data Scientist. His work spans across diverse industries including FinTech, Banking, BioInformatics, Genomics, AdTech, Utilities and Infrastructure, Traffic and Transportation, Energy, Human Resource, and Entertainment. Armando has worked for more than ten years in projects involving Predictive Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Big Data, Product Engineering and High-Performance Computing. His research interests span across machine learning, deep learning, algorithmic game theory and scientific computing. Armando has authored book titled “Python Data Analysis - Second Edition” and published research in international journals and conferences.

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