Summary of Key Topics #22nd Dec 2024
1. Python for Data Analytics
● Why Python?
1. Beginner-friendly, versatile, and widely used in data analytics.
2. Supports powerful libraries: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, and
Scikit-learn.
● Core Libraries:
1. NumPy: For numerical computations and handling arrays.
2. Pandas: For data manipulation and analysis.
3. Matplotlib & Seaborn: For data visualization.
4. Scikit-learn: For machine learning and statistical modeling.
2. Data Structures for Analytics
1. Base Python Data Structures:
○ Lists: Ordered, mutable, heterogeneous collections.
○ Tuples: Ordered, immutable collections.
○ Dictionaries: Key-value pairs, mutable, efficient lookups.
○ Sets: Unordered collections of unique elements.
○ Strings: Immutable sequences of characters.
2. NumPy Arrays:
○ Homogeneous, efficient multi-dimensional arrays for numerical data.
○ Operations: Element-wise computations, slicing, aggregations.
3. Pandas DataFrame:
○ 2D, labeled data structure akin to a table in a database.
○ Operations: Merging, filtering, grouping, and reshaping.
3. Key Concepts to Master
1. Data Cleaning:
○ Handling missing values.
○ Converting data types.
○ Removing duplicates.
2. Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA):
○ Descriptive statistics: Mean, median, standard deviation.
○ Visualization: Histograms, scatter plots, heatmaps.
3. Data Visualization:
○ Matplotlib: Low-level, customizable visualizations.
○ Seaborn: High-level, statistical visualizations.
4. Feature Engineering:
○ Transforming raw data into features for models.
○ Techniques: Encoding categorical variables, scaling.
5. Statistical Analysis:
○ Hypothesis testing.
○ Correlation and covariance.
6. Machine Learning Basics:
○ Supervised learning (Regression, Classification).
○ Unsupervised learning (Clustering).
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