Python and its packages for predictive modelling
In this section, we will discuss some commonly used packages for predictive modelling.
pandas: The most important and versatile package that is used widely in data science domains is pandas and it is no wonder that you can see import pandas at the beginning of any data science code snippet, in this book, and anywhere in general. Among other things, the pandas package facilitates:
- The reading of a dataset in a usable format (data frame in case of Python)
- Calculating basic statistics
- Running basic operations like sub-setting a dataset, merging/concatenating two datasets, handling missing data, and so on
The various methods in pandas will be explained in this book as and when we use them.
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