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Python | Math operations for Data analysis

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P ython is a great language for doing data analysis, primarily because of the fantastic

ecosystem of data-centric P ython packages. Pandas is one of those packages and

makes impor ting and analyzing data much easier.

There are some impor tant math operations that can be per formed on a pandas series to

simplif y data analysis using P ython and save a lot of time.

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s=read_csv("stock.csv", squeeze=True)

#reading csv file and making series

Function Use

s.sum() Returns sum of all values in the series

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s.mean() Returns mean of all values in series. Equals to s.sum()/s.count() 

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s.std() Algorithms Interview Preparation
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s.min() or Return min and max values from series

s.max()

s.idxmin() or Returns index of min or max value in series

s.idxmax()

s.median() Returns median of all value

s.mode() Returns mode of the series

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s.value_counts() Returns series with frequency of each value 

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s.describe() Returns a series with information like mean, mode, etc depending

on dtype of data passed 

Code #1: 

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# import pandas for reading csv file

import pandas as pd
 
#reading csv file
s = pd.read_csv("stock.csv", squeeze = True)
 
#using count function
print(s.count())
 
#using sum function
print(s.sum())
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#calculation average
print(s.sum()/s.count())
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#using std function
print(s.std())
 
#using min function
print(s.min())
 
#using max function
print(s.max())
 
#using count function
print(s.median())
 
#using mode function
print(s.mode())

Output :  

3012

1006942.0

334.3100929614874

334.3100929614874

173.18720477113115

49.95

782.22

283.315

0 291.21

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# import pandas for reading csv file

import pandas as pd
 
#reading csv file
s =usepd.read_csv("stock.csv",
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print(s.describe())
 
#using count function
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#using idxmin function
print(s.idxmin())
 
#count of elements having value 3
print(s.value_counts().head(3))

Output : 

dtype: float64

count 3012.000000

mean 334.310093

std 173.187205

min 49.950000

25% 218.045000

50% 283.315000

75% 443.000000

max 782.220000

Name: Stock Price, dtype: float64

3011

11

291.21 5

288.47 3

194.80 3

Name: Stock Price, dtype: int64

Unexpected Outputs and Restrictions :

1. .sum(), .mean(), .mode(), .median() and other such mathematical operations are

not applicable on string or any other data type than numeric value.

2. .sum() on a string series would give an unexpected output and return a string by

concatenating ever y string.

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