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The book contents are in active development. The table of contents is provisionary and it may change as I write the book.

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Table of contents

1. Introduction to data analysis with Python

  • What is data analysis

  • Data analysis with Python

  • The Python data analysis toolbox

    • NumPy

    • Pandas

    • SciPy

    • Statsmodels

    • PyMC3

    • Scikit-Learn

    • Matplolib

    • Seaborn

    • Altair

    • Bokeh

  • Prerequisites

    • Basic Python programming

    • Basic algebra ideas

2. Basic concepts in data analysis:

  • Tabular data

  • Nontabular data

  • Relational databases

  • Anatomy of a table

  • Time-series data

  • Types of variables

  • Descriptive statistics

  • Inferential statistics

  • Frequency table

  • Contingency table

  • Percentiles and quartiles

  • Data distribution

  • Measures of central tendency

  • Measures of dispersion

  • Summary tables

3. Data analysis workflow

  • Questions

  • Data loading

Forthcoming:

3. Data analysis workflow in practice: case study I