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Mastering pandas. A complete guide to pandas, from installation to advanced data analysis techniques - Second Edition

Mastering pandas. A complete guide to pandas, from installation to advanced data analysis techniques - Second Edition

Ashish Kumar

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pandas is a popular Python library used by data scientists and analysts worldwide to manipulate and analyze their data. This book presents useful data manipulation techniques in pandas to perform complex data analysis in various domains.
An update to our highly successful previous edition with new features, examples, updated code, and more, this book is an in-depth guide to get the most out of pandas for data analysis. Designed for both intermediate users as well as seasoned practitioners, you will learn advanced data manipulation techniques, such as multi-indexing, modifying data structures, and sampling your data, which allow for powerful analysis and help you gain accurate insights from it. With the help of this book, you will apply pandas to different domains, such as Bayesian statistics, predictive analytics, and time series analysis using an example-based approach. And not just that; you will also learn how to prepare powerful, interactive business reports in pandas using the Jupyter notebook.
By the end of this book, you will learn how to perform efficient data analysis using pandas on complex data, and become an expert data analyst or data scientist in the process.
  • 1. Introduction to pandas and Data Analysis
  • 2. Installation of pandas and Supporting Software
  • 3. Using NumPy and Data Structures with pandas
  • 4. I/Os of Different Data Formats with pandas
  • 5. Indexing and Selecting in pandas
  • 6. Grouping, Merging, and Reshaping Data in pandas
  • 7. Special Data Operations in pandas
  • 8. Time Series and Plotting Using Matplotlib
  • 9. Making Powerful Reports In Jupyter Using pandas
  • 10. A Tour of Statistics with pandas and NumPy
  • 11. A Brief Tour of Bayesian Statistics and Maximum Likelihood Estimates
  • 12. Data Case Studies Using pandas
  • 13. The pandas Library Architecture
  • 14. pandas Compared with Other Tools
  • 15. A Brief Tour of Machine Learning
  • Title: Mastering pandas. A complete guide to pandas, from installation to advanced data analysis techniques - Second Edition
  • Author: Ashish Kumar
  • Original title: Mastering pandas. A complete guide to pandas, from installation to advanced data analysis techniques - Second Edition
  • ISBN: 9781789343359, 9781789343359
  • Date of issue: 2019-10-25
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_2ay9
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing