Stefanie Molin's new book, “Hands-On Data Analysis with Pandas" is about using the powerful pandas library to get started with machine learning in Python.

The plugin is especially useful for data journalists and analysts who may need to conduct exploratory data analysis but are not proficient in R, SQL, Python or even Excel.

Exploratory data analysis is an attitude, a flexibility, and a reliance on display, NOT a bundle of techniques, and should be so taught. Confirmatory data analysis, by contrast, is easier to teach and ...