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Analyzing Big Data with Python PANDAS

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This is a series of iPython notebooks for analyzing Big Data — specifically Twitter data — using Python’s powerful PANDAS (Python Data Analysis) library. Through these tutorials I’ll walk you through how to analyze your raw social media data using a typical social science approach. The target audience is those who are interested in covering […]

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Do I Need to Learn Programming to Download Big Data?

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You want to download and analyze “Big Data” — such as messages or network data from Twitter or Facebook or Instagram. But you’ve never done it before, and you’re wondering, “Do I need to learn computer programming?” Here are some decision rules, laid out in the form of brief case studies. One-Shot Download with Limited […]

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Gregory D. Saxton
331 Baldy Hall, Dept. of Communication
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Buffalo, NY 14260
gdsaxton@buffalo.edu

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