Foundations for Analytics with Python: From Non-Programmer to Hacker

9781491922538
Foundations for Analytics with Python: From Non-Programmer to Hacker
by: Clinton W. Brownley
ISBN-10: 1491922532
ISBN-13: 9781491922538
Edition 版本: 1
Publication Date 出版日期: 2016-09-05
Pages: 356
Book Description
Many of Excel’s 750 million users would like to do more with their data,such as repeating similar analyses over hundreds of files or combining the data in many files for analysis at one time. This practical guide shows ambitious non-programmers how to automate and scale data processing and analysis of different data formats with Python,using business-relevant examples with complete,easy-to-read code.
Beginning with the basics of Python,author Clinton Brownley shows you how to deal with Excel,CSV,and text files in Python,leading up to scheduling scripts to automatically gather and process information without human intervention. More practical than many other introductions to Python,this book gives you skills you can immediately apply in your job.
Automate and scale data processing with only a knowledge of Excel
Get an excellent,practical introduction to scripting languages in general
Learn techniques through real-world business examples,including three in-depth projects
1. Python Basics
2. Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Files
3. Excel Files
4. Databases
5. Applications
6. Figures and Plots
7. Descriptive Statistics and Modeling
8. Scheduling Scripts to Run Automatically
9. Where to Go from Here
A. Download Instructions
B. Answers to Exercises