Python for Data Science For Dummies
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Scikit-learn is a focal point for data science work with Python, so it pays to know which methods you need most. The following table provides a brief overview of the most important methods used for data analysis.
Syntax Usage Description
model_selection.cross_val_score Cross-validation phase Estimate the cross-validation score
model_selection.KFold Cross-validation phase Divide the dataset into k folds for cross validation
model_selection.StratifiedKFold Cross-validation phase Stratified validation that takes into account the distribution of the classes you predict
model_selection.train_test_split Cross-validation phase Split your data into training and test sets
decomposition.PCA Dimensionality reduction Principal component analysis (PCA)
decomposition.RandomizedPCA Dimensionality reduction Principal component analysis (PCA) using randomized SVD
feature_extraction.FeatureHasher Preparing your data The hashing trick, allowing you to accommodate a large number of features in your dataset
feature_extraction.text.CountVectorizer Preparing your data Convert text documents into a matrix of count data
feature_extraction.text.HashingVectorizer Preparing your data Directly convert your text using the hashing trick
feature_extraction.text.TfidfVectorizer Preparing your data Creates a dataset of TF-IDF features
feature_selection.RFECV Feature selection Automatic feature selection
model_selection.GridSearchCV Optimization Exhaustive search in order to maximize a machine learning algorithm
linear_model.LinearRegression Prediction Linear regression
linear_model.LogisticRegression Prediction Linear logistic regression
metrics.accuracy_score Solution evaluation Accuracy classification score
metrics.f1_score Solution evaluation Compute the F1 score, balancing accuracy and recall
metrics.mean_absolute_error Solution evaluation Mean absolute error regression error
metrics.mean_squared_error Solution evaluation Mean squared error regression error
metrics.roc_auc_score Solution evaluation Compute Area Under the Curve (AUC) from prediction scores
naive_bayes.MultinomialNB Prediction Multinomial Naïve Bayes
neighbors.KNeighborsClassifier Prediction K-Neighbors classification
preprocessing.Binarizer Preparing your data Create binary variables (feature values to 0 or 1)
preprocessing.Imputer Preparing your data Missing values imputation
preprocessing.MinMaxScaler Preparing your data Create variables bound by a minimum and maximum value
preprocessing.OneHotEncoder Preparing your data Transform categorical integer features into binary ones
preprocessing.StandardScaler Preparing your data Variable standardization by removing the mean and scaling to unit variance

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John Paul Mueller is a tech editor and the author of over 100 books on topics from networking and home security to database management and heads-down programming. Follow John's blog at http://blog.johnmuellerbooks.com/. Luca Massaron is a data scientist who specializes in organizing and interpreting big data and transforming it into smart data. He is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in machine learning.

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