Learning pandas – Second Edition

Get to grips with pandas—a versatile and high-performance Python library for data manipulation, analysis, and discovery
About This BookGet comfortable using pandas and Python as an effective data exploration and analysis toolExplore pandas through a framework of data analysis, with an explanation of how pandas is well suited for the various stages in a data analysis processA comprehensive guide to pandas with many of clear and practical examples to help you get up and using pandasWho This Book Is ForThis book is ideal for data scientists, data analysts, Python programmers who want to plunge into data analysis using pandas, and anyone with a curiosity about analyzing data. Some knowledge of statistics and programming will be helpful to get the most out of this book but not strictly required. Prior exposure to pandas is also not required.
What You Will LearnUnderstand how data analysts and scientists think about of the processes of gathering and understanding dataLearn how pandas can be used to support the end-to-end process of data analysisUse pandas Series and DataFrame objects to represent single and multivariate dataSlicing and dicing data with pandas, as well as combining, grouping, and aggregating data from multiple sourcesHow to access data from external sources such as files, databases, and web servicesRepresent and manipulate time-series data and the many of the intricacies involved with this type of dataHow to visualize statistical informationHow to use pandas to solve several common data representation and analysis problems within financeIn DetailYou will learn how to use pandas to perform data analysis in Python. You will start with an overview of data analysis and iteratively progress from modeling data, to accessing data from remote sources, performing numeric and statistical analysis, through indexing and performing aggregate analysis, and finally to visualizing statistical data and applying pandas to finance.
With the knowledge you gain from this book, you will quickly learn pandas and how it can empower you in the exciting world of data manipulation, analysis and science.
Style and approachStep-by-step instruction on using pandas within an end-to-end framework of performing data analysisPractical demonstration of using Python and pandas using interactive and incremental examples