Changing the data type to category
Since the rating column only has a few possible values, you'll change its data type to category in order to store the data more efficiently. You'll also specify a logical order for the categories, which will be useful for future exercises.
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Analyzing Police Activity with pandas
Anleitung zur Übung
- Create a
CategoricalDtypeobject calledcatsthat lists the weather ratings in a logical order:'good','bad','worse'. Make sure to specify that the categories should be treated as ordered. - Use the
catsobject to change the data type of theratingcolumn from object to category. - Examine the head of the
ratingcolumn to confirm that the categories are logically ordered.
Interaktive Übung
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# Specify the logical order of the weather ratings
cats = pd.CategoricalDtype([____], ordered=____)
# Change the data type of 'rating' to category
weather['rating'] = weather.rating.____(____)
# Examine the head of 'rating'
print(____)