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Iterable, Ordered, Mutable, and Hashable Python Objects Explained

Discussing what each of these terms really means and implies, their main nuances, and some useful workarounds

7 min readMar 15, 2022

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Iterable, Ordered, Mutable, and Hashable Python Objects Explained

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Not-So-Trivial Behavior of the df.sum() Pandas Method in the Presence of Missing Values

Some potential issues and how to fix them

6 min readOct 27, 2021

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Not-So-Trivial Behavior of the df.sum() Pandas Method in the Presence of Missing Values

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Violin, Strip, Swarm, and Raincloud Plots in Python as Better (Sometimes) Alternatives to a Boxplot

When to use each of them, how to create, adjust, and combine these types of visualizations in the seaborn library

9 min readOct 19, 2021

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Violin, Strip, Swarm, and Raincloud Plots in Python as Better (Sometimes) Alternatives to a Boxplot

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Enchanced Tabular Data Visualization (Pandas)

Simple but efficient techniques to improve pandas dataframe representation

6 min readSep 25, 2021

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Enchanced Tabular Data Visualization (Pandas)

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Handling Plot Axis Spines in Python

Some useful methods and tricks in matplotlib and seaborn

6 min readSep 9, 2021

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Handling Plot Axis Spines in Python

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How To Fetch The Exact Values From A Boxplot (Python)

An efficient way of extracting the descriptive statistics for a dataset from a matplotlib boxplot

8 min readAug 30, 2021

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How To Fetch The Exact Values From A Boxplot (Python)

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Comparing Different Ways of Displaying Categorical Data in Python

Traditional vs. uncommon approaches and when to use them

11 min readAug 17, 2021

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Comparing Different Ways of Displaying Categorical Data in Python

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Going Beyond value_counts(): Creating Visually Engaging Frequency Tables With Only 3 Lines Of Code…

Some simple yet helpful lifehacks you probably didn’t know

7 min readAug 9, 2021

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Going Beyond value_counts(): Creating Visually Engaging Frequency Tables With Only 3 Lines Of Code…

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16 Underrated Pandas Series Methods And When To Use Them

Hasnans, pct_change, is_monotonic, repeat, and many others

5 min readAug 4, 2021

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16 Underrated Pandas Series Methods And When To Use Them

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An Unconventional Yet Convenient Matplotlib Broken_Barh Function And When It Is Particularly…

What it is, how to use and customize, when to use

6 min readAug 1, 2021

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An Unconventional Yet Convenient Matplotlib Broken_Barh Function And When It Is Particularly…

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Elena Kosourova

Elena Kosourova

Data Scientist in Python | Data Science Community Manager | Petroleum Geologist. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-kosourova-b8154322/

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