Chapter 1. First Steps
Whether you are an eager learner of data science or a well-grounded data science practitioner, you can take advantage of this essential introduction to Python for data science. You can use it to the fullest if you already have at least some previous experience in basic coding, writing general-purpose computer programs in Python, or some other data analysis-specific language, such as MATLAB or R.
The book will delve directly into Python for data science, providing you with a straight and fast route to solve various data science problems using Python and its powerful data analysis and machine learning packages. The code examples that are provided in this book don't require you to master Python. However, they will assume that ...
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