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Why I Use R More than Python
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How I Made That: Network Diagrams of All the Household Types
Process the data into a usable format, which makes the visualization part more straightforward.
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Python is coming to Excel
Excel is getting a bump in capabilities with Python integration. From Microsoft:
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Introduction to statistical learning, with Python examples
An Introduction to Statistical Learning, with Applications in R by Gareth James, Daniela…
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Switching from Python to R
If you’re looking to switch or just want to expand your skills, this…
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Introduction to Deep Learning
Sebastian Raschka made 170 videos on deep learning, and you can watch all…
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Spatula, a Python library for maintainable web scraping
This looks promising:
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Generate a color analysis by uploading an image
Mel Dollison and Liza Daly made a fun interactive that lets you upload…
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How to Make Line Charts in Python, with Pandas and Matplotlib
The chart type can be used to show patterns over time and relationships between variables. This is a comprehensive introduction to making them using two common libraries.
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Altair for visualization in Python
Vega-Lite is a grammar for interactive graphics primarily used for analysis. Altair is…
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Extracting NBA player movement data
There’s no direct download, but there is an API.
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Ditch Excel and format your data with csvkit
I thought I linked to csvkit a while ago, but apparently not. If…
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PlotDevice: Draw with Python
You’ve been able to visualize data with Python for a while, but Mac…
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Downloading Your Email Metadata
Email provides a window into who we interact with and what we do. This tutorial describes how to get that data in the format you want.
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Bokeh, a Python library for interactive visualization
Bokeh, a Python library by Continuum Analytics, helps you visualize your data on…
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Databases for lazy people, a Python library
Friedrich Lindenberg and Gregor Aisch recently released dataset, a Python library to take…
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R plotting package ggplot2 ported to Python
Those who use the ggplot2 package in R and do everything else in…
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Working with Line Maps, the Google Places API, and R
A frequent challenge of visualization is behind the scenes, to get the data and to mold it into the format you need. Do that. Then map.
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Binify for hexagon binning in Python
As an alternative to dot density maps, Binify by Kevin Schaul allows you…
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xkcd-style charts in R, JavaScript, and Python
The ports and packages to make your charts look like they came from…
