Python for Data Science

For a standard Python tutorial go to Python

Anaconda

Anaconda is a free and open source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for data science and machine learning related applications (large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, scientific computing), that aims to simplify package management and deployment. Package versions are managed by the package management system conda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(Python_distribution)

En otras palabras, Anaconda puede ser visto como un paquete (a distribution) que incluye no solo Python (or R) but many libraries that are used in Data Science, as well as its own virtual environment system. It's an "all-in-one" install that is extremely popular in data science and Machine Learning.Creating sample array for the following examples:

Installation

https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-anaconda-on-ubuntu-18-04/

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-the-anaconda-python-distribution-on-ubuntu-18-04

Anaconda comes with a few IDE

• Jupyter Lab
• Jupyter Notebook
• Spyder
• Qtconsole
• and others

Anaconda Navigator

Anaconda Navigator is a GUI that helps you to easily start important applications and manage the packages in your local Anaconda installation

You can open the Anaconda Navigator from the Terminal:

anaconda-navigator

Jupyter

Jupyter comes with Anaconda.

• It is a development environment (IDE) where we can write codes; but it also allows us to display images, and write down markdown notes.

• It is the most popular IDE in data science for exploring and analyzing data.

• Other famoues IDE for Python are Sublime Text and PyCharm.

• There is Jupyter Lab and Jupyter Notebook

Online Jupyter

There are many sites that provides solutions to run your Jupyter Notebook in the cloud: https://www.dataschool.io/cloud-services-for-jupyter-notebook/

I have tried:

• https://cocalc.com/app

https://cocalc.com/projects/595bf475-61a7-47fa-af69-ba804c3f23f9/files/?session=default

Parece bueno, pero tiene opciones que no son gratis

• https://www.kaggle.com/

https://www.kaggle.com/adeloaleman/kernel1917a91630/edit

Parece bueno pero no encontré la forma adicionar una TOC

• https://drive.google.com

• https://colab.research.google.com

Es el que estoy utilizando ahora

Courses

• Udemy - Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp

https://www.udemy.com/course/python-for-data-science-and-machine-learning-bootcamp/

Most popular Python Data Science Libraries

• NumPy
• SciPy
• Pandas
• Seaborn
• SciKit'Learn
• MatplotLib
• Plotly
• PySpartk

NumPy

• NumPy (or Numpy) is a Linear Algebra Library for Python, the reason it is so important for Data Science with Python is that almost all of the libraries in the PyData Ecosystem rely on NumPy as one of their main building blocks.

• Numpy is also incredibly fast, as it has bindings to C libraries. For more info on why you would want to use Arrays instead of lists, check out this great [StackOverflow post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/993984/why-numpy-instead-of-python-lists).

Installation

It is highly recommended you install Python using the Anaconda distribution to make sure all underlying dependencies (such as Linear Algebra libraries) all sync up with the use of a conda install.

If you have Anaconda, install NumPy by:

conda install numpy

If you are not using Anaconda distribution:

pip install numpy

Then, to use it:

import numpy as np
arr = np.arange(0,10)

Arrays

		Method/Operation		Description/Comments	Example
					import numpy as np
Methods for creating NumPy Arrays	From a Python List	array()		We can create an array by directly converting a list or list of lists.	my_list = [1,2,3] np.array(my_list) my_matrix = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]] np.array(my_matrix)
	From Built-in NumPy Methods	arange()		Return evenly spaced values within a given interval.	np.arange(0,10) np.arange(0,11,2)
		zeros()		Generate arrays of zeros.	np.zeros(3) np.zeros((5,5))
		ones()		Generate arrays of ones.	np.ones(3) np.ones((3,3))
		linspace()		Return evenly spaced numbers over a specified interval.	np.linspace(0,10,3) np.linspace(0,10,50)
		eye()		Creates an identity matrix.	np.linspace(0,10,50)
		random	rand()	Create an array of the given shape and populate it with random samples from a uniform distribution over [0, 1).	np.random.rand(2) np.random.rand(5,5) # Another way to invoke a function: from numpy.random import rand # Then you can call the function directly rand(5,5)
			randn()	Return a sample (or samples) from the "standard normal" distribution. Unlike rand which is uniform.	np.random.randn(2) np.random.randn(5,5)
			randint()	Return random integers from low (inclusive) to high (exclusive).	np.random.randint(1,100) np.random.randint(1,100,10)
			seed()	sets the random seed of the NumPy pseudo-random number generator. It provides an essential input that enables NumPy to generate pseudo-random numbers for random processes. See s1 and s2. for explanation.	np.random.seed(101)
Others Array Attributes and Methods		reshape()		Returns an array containing the same data with a new shape.	arr.reshape(5,5)
		max(), min(), argmax(), argmin()		Finding max or min values. Or to find their index locations using argmin or argmax.	arr.max() arr.argmax()
		shape()		Shape is an attribute that arrays have (not a method).	NO LO ENTENDI.. REVISAR! #Length of array arr_length = arr2d.shape[1]
		dtype()		You can also grab the data type of the object in the array.	arr.dtype
-	-	-		-	-
Indexing and Selection How to select elements or groups of elements from an array. The general format is arr_2d[row][col] or arr_2d[row,col]. I recommend usually using the comma notation for clarity.				Creating sample array for the following examples: import numpy as np arr = np.arange(0,10) # 1D Array: arr = np.arange(0,11) #Show arr Output: array([ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]) # 2D Array arr_2d = np.array(([5,10,15],[20,25,30],[35,40,45])) #Show arr_2d Output: array([[ 5, 10, 15], [20, 25, 30], [35, 40, 45]])
	Bracket Indexing and Selection (Slicing)			Note: When we create a sub-array slicing an array (slice_of_arr = arr[0:6]), data is not copied, it's a view of the original array! This avoids memory problems! To get a copy, need to use the method copy(). See important note below.	#Get a value at an index arr[8] #Get values in a range arr[1:5] slice_of_arr = arr[0:6] #2D arr_2d[1] arr_2d[1][0] arr_2d[1,0] # The same that above #Shape (2,2) from top right corner arr_2d[:2,1:] #Output: array([[10, 15], [25, 30]]) #Shape bottom row arr_2d[2,:]
				Fancy Indexing: Fancy indexing allows you to select entire rows or columns out of order. Example: # Set up matrix arr2d = np.zeros((10,10)) # Length of array arr_length = arr2d.shape[1] # Set up array for i in range(arr_length): arr2d[i] = i arr2d # Output: array([[0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0.], [1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1., 1.], [2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2.], [3., 3., 3., 3., 3., 3., 3., 3., 3., 3.], [4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4.], [5., 5., 5., 5., 5., 5., 5., 5., 5., 5.], [6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6.], [7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7.], [8., 8., 8., 8., 8., 8., 8., 8., 8., 8.], [9., 9., 9., 9., 9., 9., 9., 9., 9., 9.]]) # Fancy indexing allows the following arr2d[[6,4,2,7]] # Output: array([[6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6., 6.], [4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4., 4.], [2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2., 2.], [7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7., 7.]])
	Broadcasting (Setting a value with index range)			Setting a value with index range: Numpy arrays differ from a normal Python list because of their ability to broadcast.	arr[0:5]=100 #Show arr Output: array([100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10])
					#Setting all the values of an Array arr[:]=99
	Get a copy of an Array	copy()		Note: When we create a sub-array slicing an array (slice_of_arr = arr[0:6]), data is not copied, it's a view of the original array! This avoids memory problems! To get a copy, need to use the method copy(). See important note below.	arr_copy = arr.copy()
	Important notes on Slices			slice_of_arr = arr[0:6] #Show slice slice_of_arr Output: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) #Making changes in slice_of_arr slice_of_arr[:]=99 #Show slice slice_of_arr Output: array([99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99]) #Now note the changes also occur in our original array! #Show arr Output: array([99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 99, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]) #When we create a sub-array slicing an array (slice_of_arr = arr[0:6]), data is not copied, it's a view of the original array! This avoids memory problems! #To get a copy, need to use the method copy()
	Using brackets for selection based on comparison operators and booleans			arr = np.arange(1,11) arr > 4 # Output: array([False, False, False, False, True, True, True, True, True, True]) bool_arr = arr>4 bool_arr # Output: array([False, False, False, False, True, True, True, True, True, True]) arr[bool_arr] # Output: array([ 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]) arr[arr>2] # Output: array([ 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]) x = 2 arr[arr>x] # Output: array([ 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10])
-	-	-		-	-
Arithmetic operations		arr + arr arr - arr arr * arr arr/arr 1/arr arr**3		Warning on division by zero, but not an error! 0/0 -> nan 1/0 -> inf	import numpy as np arr = np.arange(0,10) arr + arr # Output: array([ 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18]) arr**3 # Output: array([ 0, 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729])
Universal Array Functions		np.sqrt(arr)		Taking Square Roots	np.sin(arr) # Output: array([ 0. , 0.84147098, 0.90929743, 0.14112001, -0.7568025 , -0.95892427, -0.2794155 , 0.6569866 , 0.98935825, 0.41211849])
		np.exp(arr)		Calcualting exponential (e^)
		np.max(arr) same as arr.max()		Max
		np.sin(arr)		Sin
		np.log(arr)		Natural logarithm