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Python Data Analysis

You're reading from   Python Data Analysis Perform data collection, data processing, wrangling, visualization, and model building using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789955248
Length 478 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Ivan Idris Ivan Idris
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Avinash Navlani Avinash Navlani
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Foundation for Data Analysis
2. Getting Started with Python Libraries FREE CHAPTER 3. NumPy and pandas 4. Statistics 5. Linear Algebra 6. Section 2: Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Cleaning
7. Data Visualization 8. Retrieving, Processing, and Storing Data 9. Cleaning Messy Data 10. Signal Processing and Time Series 11. Section 3: Deep Dive into Machine Learning
12. Supervised Learning - Regression Analysis 13. Supervised Learning - Classification Techniques 14. Unsupervised Learning - PCA and Clustering 15. Section 4: NLP, Image Analytics, and Parallel Computing
16. Analyzing Textual Data 17. Analyzing Image Data 18. Parallel Computing Using Dask 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding pandas Series

pandas Series is a one-dimensional sequential data structure that is able to handle any type of data, such as string, numeric, datetime, Python lists, and dictionaries with labels and indexes. Series is one of the columns of a DataFrame. We can create a Series using a Python dictionary, NumPy array, and scalar value. We will also see the pandas Series features and properties in the latter part of the section. Let's create some Python Series:

  • Using a Python dictionary: Create a dictionary object and pass it to the Series object. Let's see the following example:
# Creating Pandas Series using Dictionary
dict1 = {0 : 'Ajay', 1 : 'Jay', 2 : 'Vijay'}

# Create Pandas Series
series = pd.Series(dict1)

# Show series
series

Output:
0 Ajay
1 Jay
2 Vijay
dtype: object
  • Using a NumPy array: Create a NumPy array object and pass it to the Series object. Let's see the following example:
#Load Pandas and NumPy libraries
import...
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