Jupyter for Data Science: Exploratory analysis, statistical modeling, machine learning, and data visualization with Jupyter

Your one-stop guide to building an efficient data science pipeline using Jupyter

About This Book • Get the most out of your Jupyter notebook to complete the trickiest of tasks in Data Science

• Learn all the tasks in the data science pipeline—from data acquisition to visualization—and implement them using Jupyter

• Get ahead of the curve by mastering all the applications of Jupyter for data science with this unique and intuitive guide

Who This Book Is For

This book targets students and professionals who wish to master the use of Jupyter to perform a variety of data science tasks. Some programming experience with R or Python, and some basic understanding of Jupyter, is all you need to get started with this book.

What You Will Learn • Understand why Jupyter notebooks are a perfect fit for your data science tasks

• Perform scientific computing and data analysis tasks with Jupyter

• Interpret and explore different kinds of data visually with charts, histograms, and more

• Extend SQL's capabilities with Jupyter notebooks

• Combine the power of R and Python 3 with Jupyter to create dynamic notebooks

• Create interactive dashboards and dynamic presentations

• Master the best coding practices and deploy your Jupyter notebooks efficiently

In Detail

Jupyter Notebook is a web-based environment that enables interactive computing in notebook documents. It allows you to create documents that contain live code, equations, and visualizations. This book is a comprehensive guide to getting started with data science using the popular Jupyter notebook.

If you are familiar with Jupyter notebook and want to learn how to use its capabilities to perform various data science tasks, this is the book for you! From data exploration to visualization, this book will take you through every step of the way in implementing an effective data science pipeline using Jupyter. You will also see how you can utilize Jupyter's features to share your documents and codes with your colleagues. The book also explains how Python 3, R, and Julia can be integrated with Jupyter for various data science tasks.

By the end of this book, you will comfortably leverage the power of Jupyter to perform various tasks in data science successfully.

Style and approach

This book is a perfect blend of concepts and practical examples, written in a way that is very easy to understand and implement. It follows a logical flow where you will be able to build on your understanding of the different Jupyter features with every chapter.

© 2017 Packt Publishing (Ebook): 9781785883293

Release date

Ebook: 20 October 2017