Tag: pydata
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Six reasons why I recommend scikit-learn
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Data blog.] I use a variety of tools for advanced analytics, most recently I’ve been using Spark (and MLlib), R, scikit-learn, and GraphLab. When I need to…
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Data Scientists and Data Engineers like Python and Scala
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Strata blog.] In exchange for getting personalized recommendations many Meetup members declare1 topics that they’re interested in. I recently looked at the topics listed by members of…
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Data analysis tools target non-experts
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Strata blog.] A new set of tools make it easier to do a variety of data analysis tasks. Some require no programming, while other tools make it…
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Data Science tools: Are you “all in” or do you “mix and match”?
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Strata blog.] An integrated data stack boosts productivity As I noted in my previous post, Python programmers willing to go “all in”, have Python tools to cover…
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Python data tools just keep getting better
[A version of this post appeared on the O’Reilly Strata blog.] Here are a few observations inspired by conversations I had during the just concluded PyData conference1. The Python data community is well-organized: Besides conferences (PyData,…