The fast and easy way to learn Python programming and statistics
Python is a general-purpose programming language created in the late 1980s—and named after Monty Python—that's used by thousands of people to do things from testing microchips at Intel, to powering Instagram, to building video games with the PyGame library.
Python For Data Science For Dummies is written for people who are new to data analysis, and discusses the basics of Python data analysis programming and statistics. The book also discusses Google Colab, which makes it possible to write Python code in the cloud.
- Get started with data science and Python
- Visualize information
- Wrangle data
- Learn from data
The book provides the statistical background needed to get started in data science programming, including probability, random distributions, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and building regression models for prediction.
- ISBN10 1119547628
- ISBN13 9781119547624
- Publish Date 5 April 2019 (first published 23 June 2015)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2024
- Publish Country US
- Imprint For Dummies
- Edition 2nd Edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 496
- Language English