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The document outlines the importance of learning Python for a career in Data Science, emphasizing the need to understand fundamentals, practice hands-on, and master relevant libraries. It highlights key Python features such as simplicity, flexibility, and community support, as well as the significance of building a Data Science portfolio. Additionally, it lists commonly used libraries like NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, SciPy, and Scikit-Learn that facilitate various Data Science tasks.

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The document outlines the importance of learning Python for a career in Data Science, emphasizing the need to understand fundamentals, practice hands-on, and master relevant libraries. It highlights key Python features such as simplicity, flexibility, and community support, as well as the significance of building a Data Science portfolio. Additionally, it lists commonly used libraries like NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, SciPy, and Scikit-Learn that facilitate various Data Science tasks.

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Python for data science

❖ How to Learn Python for Data Science?


Learning Python is essential to start or build your career in Data Science as it
is the most popular and preferred language among Data Scientists.
You can learn Python to implement various Data Science tasks using the guide
below:-

➢ Learn Python Fundamentals - The first step to learning anything is


understanding its fundamentals. You can consider various Data Science
online courses, boot camps, or self-learning methods to learn and adapt
Python basics.

➢ Practice with Hands-on Learning - Next step is to get your hands


dirty and get hands-on experience using various problems. It will help you
sharpen your fundamentals of the Python language.

➢ Learn Python Data Science Related Libraries - You should learn


and master all popular and widely used Data Science libraries such as
Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Sklearn, etc.

➢ Build a Data Science Portfolio - Aspiring Data Scientists must focus


on building their Data Science portfolio as they learn Python language. They
should have various categories of projects, such as Data Cleaning projects,
Data Visualization projects, ML Model projects, etc.

➢ Apply Advanced Data Science Techniques - Data Science requires


constant learning. Once you have grasped the fundamentals of Python for

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Data Science, you should move on to learn advanced Data Science


techniques.

❖ Python Fundamentals:
To learn Python for Data Science, it is necessary to understand the
fundamentals of Python before moving on to more advanced concepts and
libraries.

➢ Data Types - Python supports several built-in data types. These data
types can be simple as Integers, Float, String, Character,, etc., and these
data structures can be compound in nature, such as Lists, Tuples, Sets,
Dictionaries, etc.

➢ Variables - In Python, a variable refers to a location in memory where a


value can be accessed and retrieved. A variable can be defined in any of the
data types mentioned above.

➢ Operators - Python supports several built-in operators, such as


arithmetic, comparison, assignment, and logical operators.

➢ Control Flow Statements - to control the flow of execution, Python


supports and provides various control flow statements, such as if-else, for,
and while loops.

➢ Functions - A function is a block or few lines of code used to perform


some operations on the data and return the desired output.

➢ List Comprehension - It enables creating a new list based on the values


of an existing list without writing a loop statement.

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# a list of numbers from 1 to 10


numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

# Using list comprehension to create a new list containing


only even numbers
even_numbers = [x for x in numbers if x % 2 == 0]

# Print the new list of even numbers


print(even_numbers)

❖ Useful Features of Python Language


1.Simplicity and Readability: Python uses clear, elegant, and concise
syntax that makes it easy to learn, understand and read, even for people new
to programming.

2.Flexibility - Python can be used for a wide variety of tasks such as web
development, software development, scientific computing, data analysis, etc.

3.Large Open-Source Library - Python has a large open-source library


that provides various useful functions and modules.

4.Community Support - Python has a large and active community of


programmers who continuously contribute to its libraries and other resources,
making it easier to work with the language.

5.Multi-Platform Support - Python can be used on many different


operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc.

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6.Interpreted - Python is an interpreted language, meaning an interpreter


executes it rather than being compiled into machine code. This enables a faster
development lifecycle.

7.Object-Oriented - Python supports object-oriented programming.

❖ Important Of Python For Data Science:


Python has been in demand for the past few years and the recent survey also
suggested the same, Python leads the chart among the top programming
languages in both the TIOBE index & PYPL Index. However, to support this,
there are 5 concrete reasons behind this,

1.Easy To Learn: Being an open-source platform, Python has a simple and


intuitive syntax that is easy to learn and read. This makes it a great language
for beginners to learn data science.

2.Cross-Platform: Being a developer, you don’t need to worry about the


data types. The reason is, Python allows developers to run the code on
Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX, and Linux.

3.Portable: Being an easy & beginner’s friendly programming language,


Python is highly portable in nature which means that a developer can run their
code on different machines without making any further changes.

4.Extensive Library: Python has several powerful libraries that make data
analysis and visualization easy. Pandas is a library for data manipulation and
analysis, NumPy is a library for numerical computation, and Matplotlib is a
library for data visualization.

5.Community Support: Python has a large and active community that


supports and contributes to the development of various libraries and tools for

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data science. This community has created many useful libraries, including
Pandas, NumPy, matplotlib, and SciPy, which are widely used in data science.

❖ Commonly Used Libraries for Data Science


One of the reasons for the popularity of Python in the Data Science community
is that it provides numerous libraries to implement any kind of Data Science
related tasks.
A few of the most common libraries used by Data Scientists include -

NumPy
⚫ NumPy is a library that provides various methods and functions to handle
and process large Arrays, Matrices, and Linear Algebra.
⚫ It stands for Numerical Python, and this library provides vectorization of
various linear algebraic and mathematical functions required to work with
matrices and arrays.
⚫ Vectorization enables functions on all vector elements without needing to
loop through and act on each element simultaneously, resulting in
enhanced execution speed and performance.

Pandas
⚫ Pandas is the most popular Python library among Data Scientists and
Analysts.
⚫ This library provides many functions to perform Data Cleaning, Data
Manipulation, and Analysis on large volumes of data. Pandas is a perfect
tool when it comes to Data Wrangling.
⚫ It supports two data structures - Series and Dataframe.

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⚫ Series is a one-dimensional array capable of holding data of any type


(integer, string, float, python objects, etc.).
⚫ A Data frame in Pandas is a heterogeneous two-dimensional data structure,
i.e., data is aligned in a tabular fashion in rows and columns like an excel
spreadsheet or SQL table. Pandas DataFrame is capable of having columns
with multiple data types.

Matplotlib
⚫ Data Visualization is one of the essential steps in implementing any Data
Science solution.
⚫ Matplotlib is a handy library that provides methods and functions to
visualize data in any format, such as graphs, pie charts, plots, etc.
⚫ It can also be used to customize any aspect of your figures and make them
interactive.

SciPy
⚫ Statistical Analysis is an important step in any Data Science project, such as
performing EDA on the data using statistical methods such as mean,
standard deviation, z-score, p-value test, etc.
⚫ SciPy library will provide various methods and functions for implementing
statistical and mathematical concepts required in Data Science.

Scikit-Learn
⚫ It is a Machine Learning Python library that provides a simple, optimized,
and consistent implementation for a wide array of Machine Learning
techniques.

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