August 2020
Beginner to intermediate
740 pages
13h 41m
English
book
The Statistics and Calculus with Python Workshop
by Peter Farrell, Alvaro Fuentes, Ajinkya Sudhir Kolhe, Quan Nguyen, Alexander Joseph Sarver, Marios Tsatsos, Amit Chaurasia, Rohan Chikorde, Sanjin Dedic, Tim Hoolihan, Ravi Ranjan Prasad Karn, Alberto Manzini
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4. Functions and Algebra with Python
Overview
Throughout the previous chapter, we discussed a plethora of statistics-related topics, including variables, descriptive statistics, and inference. In this chapter, we come back to the general topic of mathematics and examine two of its most fundamental components: functions and algebra. These topics will be introduced and theoretically discussed in parallel with their respective implementations in Python. Knowledge of these topics will allow you to tackle some of the most common real-life problems that can be solved using mathematics and programming, which we will see an example of in the final activity of this chapter.
By the end of this chapter, you will have a firm grasp on the concept ...
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