Business Analytics & Text Mining

Modeling Using Python

Introduction to Python
Dr. GAURAV DIXIT
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

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 Introduction to Python

• Installing Python and Jupyter using the Anaconda Distribution

– Includes Python
– Jupyter Notebook
– Other commonly used packages for scientific computing and data
science
– Download Link (Windows PC or Laptop):
https://www.anaconda.com/download/#windows

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 Introduction to Python

• Once Installation is complete

– Launch Jupyter Notebook
– A new browser window (or a new tab) showing the Notebook
Dashboard will get launched
• Jupyter Notebook
– About Programming (coding and execution) in a Web browser
– Code (instructions) and execution output are displayed “in-line”
– Can be used for other programming languages like R and JAVA

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 Introduction to Python

• Alternatives to Run Python code

– Python interpreter
• Standard >>> prompt
– Ipython
• An enhanced Python interpreter
• Numbered In [1]: style prompt
– Jupyter notebooks
• Web-based code notebooks
• Numbered In [1]: style prompt

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 Introduction to Python

• Jupyter Notebook
– Typically used as a local computing environment
– Can be deployed on servers and accessed remotely
– Creating a notebook file
• A file with the extension .ipynb
• A self-contained file format
• Contains all of the content (including any evaluated code output)

• Python Basics
– Open Jupyter Notebook

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 Key References

• Fundamentals of Predictive Text Mining

– By Sholom M. Weiss, Nitin Indurkhya, & Tong Zhang (2015)
• Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas,
NumPy, and Ipython
– By Wes McKinney (2017)

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