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Python for Data Analysis
by Wes McKinney
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Table of Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1.
Preliminaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 What Is This Book About? 1
What Kinds of Data? 1
1.2 Why Python for Data Analysis? 2
Python as Glue 2
Solving the “Two-Language” Problem 3
Why Not Python? 3
1.3 Essential Python Libraries 4
NumPy 4
pandas 4
matplotlib 5
IPython and Jupyter 6
SciPy 6
scikit-learn 7
statsmodels 8
1.4 Installation and Setup 8
Windows 9
Apple (OS X, macOS) 9
GNU/Linux 9
Installing or Updating Python Packages 10
Python 2 and Python 3 11
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) and Text Editors 11
1.5 Community and Conferences 12
1.6 Navigating This Book 12
Code Examples 13
Data for Examples 13
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