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Cast all numeric fields correctly as floats or integers

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Alexander Hess 2018-08-29 14:09:10 +02:00
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1_data_cleaning.ipynb
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"text": [
"2018-08-29 14:00:36 CEST\n",
"2018-08-29 14:32:09 CEST\n",
"\n",
"CPython 3.6.5\n",
"IPython 6.5.0\n",
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"source": [
"The original data are available for [download](https://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n3/decock/AmesHousing.xls) and a detailed description of the data types for each column can be found [here](https://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n3/decock/DataDocumentation.txt). These meta data go into the `dtype` argument of the `read_excel` function below to parse the data correctly. There are four different generic data types defined that are casted as follows:\n",
"\n",
"- continous -> np.float64\n",
"- continuous -> np.float64\n",
"- discrete -> actually np.int64 but np.float64 because of missing values\n",
"- nominal -> object (str)\n",
"- ordinal -> object (str), the order can be looked up in the above mentioned *ALL_COLUMNS* dictionary\n",
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"source": [
"# Remove the discarded columns from the helper dictionaries / lists.\n",
"update_column_descriptions(df.columns)\n",
"# Without any more missing data, convert\n",
"# the discrete columns to the correct data type.\n",
"# Without any more missing data, cast all numeric\n",
"# columns as floats or integers respectively.\n",
"for column in CONTINUOUS_VARIABLES:\n",
" df[column] = df[column].astype(np.float64)\n",
"for column in DISCRETE_VARIABLES:\n",
" df[column] = df[column].astype(np.int64)"
]
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" <th>526301100</th>\n",
" <td>1656.0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>NA</td>\n",
" <td>3</td>\n",
" <td>1Fam</td>\n",
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" <th>526350040</th>\n",
" <td>896.0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>NA</td>\n",
" <td>2</td>\n",
" <td>1Fam</td>\n",
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" <th>526351010</th>\n",
" <td>1329.0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>NA</td>\n",
" <td>3</td>\n",
" <td>1Fam</td>\n",
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" <th>526353030</th>\n",
" <td>2110.0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>NA</td>\n",
" <td>3</td>\n",
" <td>1Fam</td>\n",
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" <th>527105010</th>\n",
" <td>928.0</td>\n",
" <td>701.0</td>\n",
" <td>0</td>\n",
" <td>0.0</td>\n",
" <td>NA</td>\n",
" <td>3</td>\n",
" <td>1Fam</td>\n",
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"text/plain": [
" 1st Flr SF 2nd Flr SF 3Ssn Porch Alley Bedroom AbvGr \\\n",
"Order PID \n",
"1 526301100 1656.0 0.0 0 NA 3 \n",
"2 526350040 896.0 0.0 0 NA 2 \n",
"3 526351010 1329.0 0.0 0 NA 3 \n",
"4 526353030 2110.0 0.0 0 NA 3 \n",
"5 527105010 928.0 701.0 0 NA 3 \n",
"1 526301100 1656.0 0.0 0.0 NA 3 \n",
"2 526350040 896.0 0.0 0.0 NA 2 \n",
"3 526351010 1329.0 0.0 0.0 NA 3 \n",
"4 526353030 2110.0 0.0 0.0 NA 3 \n",
"5 527105010 928.0 701.0 0.0 NA 3 \n",
"\n",
" Bldg Type Bsmt Cond Bsmt Exposure Bsmt Full Bath \\\n",
"Order PID \n",

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