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Python Data Analysis - Third Edition

By : Avinash Navlani, Ivan Idris
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Book Image

Python Data Analysis - Third Edition

5 (1)
By: Avinash Navlani, Ivan Idris

Overview of this book

Data analysis enables you to generate value from small and big data by discovering new patterns and trends, and Python is one of the most popular tools for analyzing a wide variety of data. With this book, you’ll get up and running using Python for data analysis by exploring the different phases and methodologies used in data analysis and learning how to use modern libraries from the Python ecosystem to create efficient data pipelines. Starting with the essential statistical and data analysis fundamentals using Python, you’ll perform complex data analysis and modeling, data manipulation, data cleaning, and data visualization using easy-to-follow examples. You’ll then understand how to conduct time series analysis and signal processing using ARMA models. As you advance, you’ll get to grips with smart processing and data analytics using machine learning algorithms such as regression, classification, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and clustering. In the concluding chapters, you’ll work on real-world examples to analyze textual and image data using natural language processing (NLP) and image analytics techniques, respectively. Finally, the book will demonstrate parallel computing using Dask. By the end of this data analysis book, you’ll be equipped with the skills you need to prepare data for analysis and create meaningful data visualizations for forecasting values from data.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Foundation for Data Analysis
6
Section 2: Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Cleaning
11
Section 3: Deep Dive into Machine Learning
15
Section 4: NLP, Image Analytics, and Parallel Computing

Determinant

The determinant is the most essential concept of linear algebra. It is a scalar value that is calculated from a square matrix. The determinant is a fundamental operation that helps us in the inverse matrix and in solving linear equations. Determinants are only calculated for square matrices. A square matrix has an equal number of rows and columns. The numpy.linalg subpackage provides the det() function for calculating the determinant of a given input matrix. Let's compute the determinant in the following code block:

# Import numpy
import numpy as np

# Create matrix using NumPy
mat=np.mat([[2,4],[5,7]])
print("Matrix:\n",mat)

# Calculate determinant
print("Determinant:",np.linalg.det(mat))

This results in the following output:

Matrix:
[[2 4]
[5 7]]
Determinant: -5.999999999999998

In the preceding code block, we have calculated the determinant of a given matrix using the np.linalg.det() method. Let's understand one more concept of linear algebra, which is...