Pandas Cookbook, 3rd Edition
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 404 pages
- Publisher: WOW! eBook; 3rd edition (October 31, 2024)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1836205872
- ISBN-13: 978-1836205876
eBook Description:
Pandas Cookbook, 3rd Edition: Practical recipes for scientific computing, time series, and exploratory data analysis using Python. From fundamental techniques to advanced strategies for handling big data, visualization, and more, this Pandas Cookbook, Third Edition book equips you with skills to excel in real-world data analysis projects.
The pandas library is massive, and it’s common for frequent users to be unaware of many of its more impressive features. The official pandas documentation, while thorough, does not contain many useful examples of how to piece together multiple commands as one would do during an actual analysis. This Pandas Cookbook, 3rd Edition book guides you, as if you were looking over the shoulder of an expert, through situations that you are highly likely to encounter.
With this latest Pandas Cookbook, 3rd Edition unlock the full potential of pandas 2.x onwards. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced data analyst, this book offers a wealth of practical recipes to help you excel in your data analysis projects. This cookbook covers everything from fundamental data manipulation tasks to advanced techniques for handling big data, visualization, and more. Each recipe is designed to address common real-world challenges, providing clear explanations and step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process.
- The pandas type system and how to best navigate it
- Import/export DataFrames to/from common data formats
- Data exploration in pandas through dozens of practice problems
- Grouping, aggregation, transformation, reshaping, and filtering data
- Merge data from different sources through pandas SQL-like operations
- Leverage the robust pandas time series functionality in advanced analyses
- Scale pandas operations to get the most out of your system
- The large ecosystem that pandas can coordinate with and supplement
Explore cutting-edge topics such as idiomatic pandas coding, efficient handling of large datasets, and advanced data visualization techniques. Whether you’re looking to sharpen or expand your skills, the Pandas Cookbook, Third Edition is your essential companion for mastering data analysis and manipulation with pandas 2.x, and beyond.
