Opportunity Through Data Textbook
  • Opportunity Through Data Textbook
  • Introduction
    • What is Data Science?
    • Introduction to Data Science: Exploratory Musical Analysis
  • Module 1
    • Introduction to Programming
      • The Command Line
      • Installing Programs
      • Python and the Command Line
      • Jupyter Notebook
    • Introduction to Python
      • Building Blocks of Python - Data Types and Variables
      • Functions
      • Formatting and Syntax
    • Math Review
      • Variables and Functions
      • Intro to Graphs
  • Module 2
    • Data Structures
      • Lists
      • Dictionaries
      • Tables
    • Programming Logic
      • Loops
      • Logical Operators
      • Conditionality
  • Module 3
    • Introduction to Probability
      • Probability and Sampling
    • Introduction to Statistics
      • Mean & Variance
      • Causality & Randomness
  • Module 4
    • Packages
    • Intro to NumPy
      • NumPy (continued)
  • Module 5
    • Introduction to Pandas
      • Introduction to Dataframes
      • Groupby and Join
    • Working with Data
    • Data Visualization
      • Matplotlib
      • Introduction to Data Visualization
  • Appendix
    • Table Utilities
    • Area of More Complicated Shapes
    • Introduction to Counting
    • Slope and Distance
    • Short Circuiting
    • Linear Regression
    • Glossary
  • Extension: Classification
    • Classification
    • Test Sets and Training Sets
    • Nearest Neighbors
  • Extension: Introduction to SQL
    • Introduction to SQL
    • Table Operations
      • Tables and Queries
      • Joins
  • Extension: Central Limit Theorem
    • Overview
    • Probability Distributions
      • Bernoulli Distribution
      • Uniform Distribution (Discrete)
      • Random Variables, Expectation, Variance
      • Discrete and Continuous Distributions
      • Uniform Distribution (Continuous)
      • Normal Distribution
    • Central Limit Theorem in Action
    • Confidence Intervals
  • Extension: Object-Oriented Programming
    • Object-Oriented Programming
      • Classes
      • Instantiation
      • Dot Notation
      • Mutability
  • Extension: Introduction to Excel
    • Introduction to Excel
      • Terminology and Interface
      • Getting Started with Analysis and Charts
      • Basics of Manipulating Data
    • Additional Features in Excel
      • Macros
      • The Data Tab
      • Pivot Tables
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  1. Module 5

Introduction to Pandas

Pandas is a popular Python package used in data science.

It allows you to manipulate tables, called DataFrames, to analyze data. It was specifically created to supplement data analysis and manipulation functionality for Python and focuses on being allowing users to load, prepare, manipulate, model, and analyze data.

Pandas' built-in functions and ease for using DataFrames are not only convenient, but also incredibly useful. In the next sections, we will learn about DataFrames and the data manipulation that is possible with Pandas.

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