load_dataset#
- scikitplot.datasets.load_dataset(name, cache=True, data_home=None, **kws)[source]#
Load an example dataset from the online repository (requires internet).
This function provides quick access to a small number of example datasets that are useful for documenting scikit-plots or generating reproducible examples for bug reports. It is not necessary for normal usage.
Note that some of the datasets have a small amount of preprocessing applied to define a proper ordering for categorical variables.
Use
get_dataset_namesto see a list of available datasets.- Parameters:
- namestr
Name of the dataset (
{name}.csvon scikit-plots/scikit-plots-data).- cacheboolean, optional
If True, try to load from the local cache first, and save to the cache if a download is required.
- data_homestring, optional
The directory in which to cache data; see
get_data_home.- kwskeys and values, optional
Additional keyword arguments are passed to passed through to
pandas.read_csv.
- Returns:
- df
pandas.DataFrame Tabular data, possibly with some preprocessing applied.
- df
