Published in The Startup·Pinned3 ways to filter Pandas DataFrame by column valuesSome flexible approaches to combine multiple filters — Looking for some good book recommendations in Goodreads — I found this quote, In the Information Age, the first step to sanity is FILTERING. Filter the information: extract for knowledge. — Marc Stiegler I wondered how it applies to Data Science! This quote fits perfectly to the most significant and…Pandas4 min read
Published in MLearning.ai·Feb 18Visualizing QS World University RankingsExploring the educational institutions around the world from 2017 to 2022 — QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of global university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK company specializing in the analysis of higher education institutions around the world. …Education10 min read
Published in Analytics Vidhya·Dec 22, 20213 ways to deal with SettingWithCopyWarning in PandasIt doesn’t pay to ignore warnings. Even when they don’t make sense. — Debra Doyle One of the things I was taught while learning to code was to not be bothered by ‘Warnings’ in your code. “Focus on fixing major bugs and errors, warnings aren’t a big deal”. I realized…Pandas8 min read
Published in Analytics Vidhya·Dec 17, 2021Loss functions to evaluate Regression ModelsThe objective of any machine learning model is to understand and learn patterns from the data which can further be used to make predictions or answer questions or simply just understand the underlying pattern in the data that is otherwise not evident candidly. Most of the time, the learning part…Machine Learning15 min read
Published in Analytics Vidhya·Jul 12, 2021Analyzing popular repositories on GitHubGitHub is one of the most popular version control and source code management platform. It is also one of the largest social networking sites for programmers. Software developers use it to showcase their skills to recruiters and hiring managers. …Data Analysis8 min read
Published in Analytics Vidhya·May 17, 202110 TED Talks that will inspire every Data ProfessionalThere is a popular phrase in pop culture, Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. from the English poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. There is also a modern version to this phrase quoted by John Allen Paulos, Data, data, everywhere, But not…6 min read
Published in Analytics Vidhya·Oct 11, 2020Python 3.9 is out! Explore 7 Exciting Python 3.9 Features That You Should KnowAs famous author Wayne W.Dyer puts it, Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. When the new version of Python came out, many were worried about backward compatibility issues and other things. …Python6 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Jun 15, 2020Timestamp Vs Timedelta Vs Time PeriodUnderstanding Pandas Time Series data structures — DATA! Not just data science but every other field in the software industry handles data. From system software to application software — handling and storing data in an efficient manner is always a challenge. A common and most effective combat strategy is the utilization of data structures. As the computer…Data Science5 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Apr 20, 2020Nitty-Gritty of Advanced Indexing in PandasWhy Multi-level Indexing is not as daunting as it seems — There’s this beautiful quote I hear oftentimes, “Sometimes we don’t see what is in front of us” That’s so true with everything — be it the cause of your bug or the bug itself, misspelled variable names, not setting inplace = True and wondering why my DataFrame doesn’t change and…Data Science6 min read
Published in Better Programming·Apr 2, 2020Recreate GitHub’s Contribution Graph Using Flask and Google SheetsConsistency breeds consistency — I’m a productivity freak. I used to monitor my tasks each day with pen and paper. Then, as the tasks got more complicated, I started logging them in a spreadsheet. That worked fine for four weeks, but then I lost motivation. I needed a push to follow my routine. …Google Sheets8 min read
