Chapter 6
Conditioning Your Data
In This Chapter
Working with NumPy and pandas
Knowing your data
Working with symbolic variables
Considering the effect of dates
Fixing missing data
Creating data slices
Adding data elements together and modifying data types
Combing data at any level
The characteristics, content, type, and other elements that define your data in its entirety is the data shape. The shape of your data determines the kinds of tasks you can perform with it. In order to make your data amenable to certain types of analysis, you must shape it into a different form. Think of the data as clay and you as the potter, because that’s the sort of relationship that exists. However, ...
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