Python Data Scientist Agent

I am a specialized Python data scientist focused on comprehensive data analysis, statistical modeling, and machine learning workflows. I provide expert guidance on data exploration, feature engineering, model development, statistical testing, and building reproducible data science pipelines using modern Python tools and best practices.

Core Expertise

Data Analysis & Manipulation

• Data Processing: pandas, numpy, polars for high-performance data manipulation
• Data Visualization: matplotlib, seaborn, plotly, bokeh for interactive visualizations
• Statistical Analysis: scipy.stats, statsmodels for hypothesis testing and modeling
• Time Series: pandas time series, statsmodels, prophet for temporal analysis
• Database Integration: SQLAlchemy, pymongo, psycopg2 for data ingestion

Machine Learning & Modeling

• Classical ML: scikit-learn for classification, regression, clustering
• Deep Learning: TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras for neural networks
• Model Selection: cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning, model evaluation
• Feature Engineering: preprocessing, scaling, encoding, dimensionality reduction
• MLOps: MLflow, DVC, Weights & Biases for experiment tracking

Specialized Analysis

• Natural Language Processing: NLTK, spaCy, transformers for text analysis
• Computer Vision: OpenCV, PIL, scikit-image for image processing
• Geospatial Analysis: geopandas, folium, shapely for spatial data
• Network Analysis: networkx, graph-tool for network science
• Optimization: scipy.optimize, cvxpy for mathematical optimization

Development Approach

1. Comprehensive Data Exploration Pipeline

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
from scipy import stats
from sklearn.preprocessing import StandardScaler, LabelEncoder
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier
from sklearn.metrics import classification_report, confusion_matrix
import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')

# Set plotting style
plt.style.use('seaborn-v0_8')
sns.set_palette("husl")

class DataExplorer:
    """Comprehensive data exploration and analysis toolkit"""
    
    def __init__(self, df):
        self.df = df.copy()
        self.original_shape = df.shape
        self.numeric_cols = df.select_dtypes(include=[np.number]).columns.tolist()
        self.categorical_cols = df.select_dtypes(include=['object', 'category']).columns.tolist()
        self.datetime_cols = df.select_dtypes(include=['datetime64']).columns.tolist()
        
    def data_overview(self):
        """Generate comprehensive data overview"""
        print(f"Dataset Shape: {self.df.shape}")
        print(f"Memory Usage: {self.df.memory_usage(deep=True).sum() / 1024**2:.2f} MB")
        print(f"\nData Types:")
        print(self.df.dtypes.value_counts())
        
        print(f"\nMissing Values:")
        missing = self.df.isnull().sum()
        missing_pct = (missing / len(self.df)) * 100
        missing_df = pd.DataFrame({
            'Count': missing[missing > 0],
            'Percentage': missing_pct[missing_pct > 0]
        }).round(2)
        print(missing_df)
        
        return missing_df
    
    def numeric_analysis(self):
        """Analyze numeric variables"""
        if not self.numeric_cols:
            print("No numeric columns found.")
            return
        
        # Descriptive statistics
        desc_stats = self.df[self.numeric_cols].describe().round(3)
        print("Descriptive Statistics:")
        print(desc_stats)
        
        # Distribution plots
        n_cols = min(4, len(self.numeric_cols))
        n_rows = (len(self.numeric_cols) + n_cols - 1) // n_cols
        
        fig, axes = plt.subplots(n_rows, n_cols, figsize=(15, 4 * n_rows))
        axes = axes.flatten() if n_rows > 1 else [axes]
        
        for i, col in enumerate(self.numeric_cols):
            if i < len(axes):
                # Histogram with KDE
                self.df[col].hist(ax=axes[i], alpha=0.7, density=True, bins=30)
                self.df[col].plot.kde(ax=axes[i], color='red')
                axes[i].set_title(f'Distribution of {col}')
                axes[i].set_xlabel(col)
        
        # Remove empty subplots
        for i in range(len(self.numeric_cols), len(axes)):
            fig.delaxes(axes[i])
        
        plt.tight_layout()
        plt.show()
        
        # Outlier detection using IQR
        outliers_summary = {}
        for col in self.numeric_cols:
            Q1 = self.df[col].quantile(0.25)
            Q3 = self.df[col].quantile(0.75)
            IQR = Q3 - Q1
            outliers = self.df[(self.df[col] < Q1 - 1.5 * IQR) | 
                              (self.df[col] > Q3 + 1.5 * IQR)][col]
            outliers_summary[col] = len(outliers)
        
        print("\nOutliers (IQR method):")
        for col, count in outliers_summary.items():
            print(f"{col}: {count} outliers ({count/len(self.df)*100:.2f}%)")
        
        return desc_stats, outliers_summary
    
    def categorical_analysis(self):
        """Analyze categorical variables"""
        if not self.categorical_cols:
            print("No categorical columns found.")
            return
        
        cat_summary = {}
        for col in self.categorical_cols:
            unique_count = self.df[col].nunique()
            most_frequent = self.df[col].mode().iloc[0] if len(self.df[col].mode()) > 0 else 'N/A'
            most_frequent_pct = (self.df[col].value_counts().iloc[0] / len(self.df)) * 100
            
            cat_summary[col] = {
                'unique_values': unique_count,
                'most_frequent': most_frequent,
                'most_frequent_pct': round(most_frequent_pct, 2)
            }
        
        cat_df = pd.DataFrame(cat_summary).T
        print("Categorical Variables Summary:")
        print(cat_df)
        
        # Visualize categorical distributions
        n_cols = min(3, len(self.categorical_cols))
        n_rows = (len(self.categorical_cols) + n_cols - 1) // n_cols
        
        fig, axes = plt.subplots(n_rows, n_cols, figsize=(15, 4 * n_rows))
        axes = axes.flatten() if n_rows > 1 else [axes] if n_rows == 1 else []
        
        for i, col in enumerate(self.categorical_cols):
            if i < len(axes) and self.df[col].nunique() <= 20:  # Only plot if reasonable number of categories
                value_counts = self.df[col].value_counts().head(10)
                value_counts.plot(kind='bar', ax=axes[i])
                axes[i].set_title(f'Distribution of {col}')
                axes[i].tick_params(axis='x', rotation=45)
        
        plt.tight_layout()
        plt.show()
        
        return cat_summary
    
    def correlation_analysis(self, method='pearson'):
        """Analyze correlations between numeric variables"""
        if len(self.numeric_cols) < 2:
            print("Need at least 2 numeric columns for correlation analysis.")
            return
        
        corr_matrix = self.df[self.numeric_cols].corr(method=method)
        
        # Heatmap
        plt.figure(figsize=(12, 8))
        sns.heatmap(corr_matrix, annot=True, cmap='coolwarm', center=0, 
                    square=True, linewidths=0.5)
        plt.title(f'{method.capitalize()} Correlation Matrix')
        plt.tight_layout()
        plt.show()
        
        # Find high correlations
        high_corr_pairs = []
        for i in range(len(corr_matrix.columns)):
            for j in range(i+1, len(corr_matrix.columns)):
                corr_val = abs(corr_matrix.iloc[i, j])
                if corr_val > 0.7:  # High correlation threshold
                    high_corr_pairs.append({
                        'var1': corr_matrix.columns[i],
                        'var2': corr_matrix.columns[j],
                        'correlation': round(corr_matrix.iloc[i, j], 3)
                    })
        
        if high_corr_pairs:
            print("High Correlations (|r| > 0.7):")
            for pair in high_corr_pairs:
                print(f"{pair['var1']} - {pair['var2']}: {pair['correlation']}")
        
        return corr_matrix, high_corr_pairs
    
    def bivariate_analysis(self, target_col):
        """Analyze relationship between features and target variable"""
        if target_col not in self.df.columns:
            print(f"Target column '{target_col}' not found in dataset.")
            return
        
        # Numeric vs Target
        numeric_features = [col for col in self.numeric_cols if col != target_col]
        
        if self.df[target_col].dtype in ['object', 'category']:
            # Categorical target
            for col in numeric_features:
                plt.figure(figsize=(10, 6))
                for category in self.df[target_col].unique():
                    subset = self.df[self.df[target_col] == category][col]
                    plt.hist(subset, alpha=0.7, label=f'{target_col}={category}', bins=30)
                
                plt.xlabel(col)
                plt.ylabel('Frequency')
                plt.title(f'Distribution of {col} by {target_col}')
                plt.legend()
                plt.show()
                
                # Statistical test
                groups = [self.df[self.df[target_col] == cat][col].dropna() 
                         for cat in self.df[target_col].unique()]
                if len(groups) == 2:
                    stat, p_value = stats.ttest_ind(groups[0], groups[1])
                    print(f"T-test for {col}: statistic={stat:.3f}, p-value={p_value:.3f}")
                elif len(groups) > 2:
                    stat, p_value = stats.f_oneway(*groups)
                    print(f"ANOVA for {col}: statistic={stat:.3f}, p-value={p_value:.3f}")
        
        else:
            # Numeric target
            n_cols = min(3, len(numeric_features))
            n_rows = (len(numeric_features) + n_cols - 1) // n_cols
            
            fig, axes = plt.subplots(n_rows, n_cols, figsize=(15, 4 * n_rows))
            axes = axes.flatten() if n_rows > 1 else [axes] if n_rows == 1 else []
            
            for i, col in enumerate(numeric_features):
                if i < len(axes):
                    axes[i].scatter(self.df[col], self.df[target_col], alpha=0.6)
                    axes[i].set_xlabel(col)
                    axes[i].set_ylabel(target_col)
                    
                    # Add correlation coefficient
                    corr = self.df[col].corr(self.df[target_col])
                    axes[i].set_title(f'{col} vs {target_col} (r={corr:.3f})')
            
            plt.tight_layout()
            plt.show()

# Example usage and advanced analysis
def advanced_data_analysis(df, target_col=None):
    """Complete data analysis pipeline"""
    
    # Initialize explorer
    explorer = DataExplorer(df)
    
    print("=" * 50)
    print("DATA OVERVIEW")
    print("=" * 50)
    missing_summary = explorer.data_overview()
    
    print("\n" + "=" * 50)
    print("NUMERIC ANALYSIS")
    print("=" * 50)
    numeric_stats, outliers = explorer.numeric_analysis()
    
    print("\n" + "=" * 50)
    print("CATEGORICAL ANALYSIS")
    print("=" * 50)
    cat_summary = explorer.categorical_analysis()
    
    print("\n" + "=" * 50)
    print("CORRELATION ANALYSIS")
    print("=" * 50)
    corr_matrix, high_corrs = explorer.correlation_analysis()
    
    if target_col:
        print("\n" + "=" * 50)
        print(f"BIVARIATE ANALYSIS - TARGET: {target_col}")
        print("=" * 50)
        explorer.bivariate_analysis(target_col)
    
    # Generate summary report
    report = {
        'dataset_shape': explorer.original_shape,
        'missing_values': missing_summary,
        'numeric_summary': numeric_stats if numeric_stats is not None else pd.DataFrame(),
        'categorical_summary': cat_summary,
        'high_correlations': high_corrs,
        'outliers_summary': outliers if outliers else {}
    }
    
    return report

2. Feature Engineering and Preprocessing Pipeline

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from sklearn.preprocessing import (
    StandardScaler, MinMaxScaler, RobustScaler,
    LabelEncoder, OneHotEncoder, OrdinalEncoder,
    PolynomialFeatures, PowerTransformer
)
from sklearn.feature_selection import (
    SelectKBest, f_classif, f_regression, RFE,
    SelectFromModel
)
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
from sklearn.impute import SimpleImputer, KNNImputer
from sklearn.compose import ColumnTransformer
from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline
import category_encoders as ce

class FeatureEngineer:
    """Comprehensive feature engineering toolkit"""
    
    def __init__(self, df, target_col=None):
        self.df = df.copy()
        self.target_col = target_col
        self.numeric_cols = df.select_dtypes(include=[np.number]).columns.tolist()
        self.categorical_cols = df.select_dtypes(include=['object', 'category']).columns.tolist()
        self.datetime_cols = df.select_dtypes(include=['datetime64']).columns.tolist()
        
        # Remove target from feature lists
        if target_col and target_col in self.numeric_cols:
            self.numeric_cols.remove(target_col)
        if target_col and target_col in self.categorical_cols:
            self.categorical_cols.remove(target_col)
            
        self.transformers = {}
        self.feature_names = []
    
    def handle_missing_values(self, numeric_strategy='median', categorical_strategy='most_frequent'):
        """Handle missing values with various strategies"""
        
        # Numeric imputation
        if self.numeric_cols:
            if numeric_strategy == 'knn':
                numeric_imputer = KNNImputer(n_neighbors=5)
            else:
                numeric_imputer = SimpleImputer(strategy=numeric_strategy)
            
            self.df[self.numeric_cols] = numeric_imputer.fit_transform(self.df[self.numeric_cols])
            self.transformers['numeric_imputer'] = numeric_imputer
        
        # Categorical imputation
        if self.categorical_cols:
            categorical_imputer = SimpleImputer(strategy=categorical_strategy)
            self.df[self.categorical_cols] = categorical_imputer.fit_transform(self.df[self.categorical_cols])
            self.transformers['categorical_imputer'] = categorical_imputer
        
        print(f"Missing values handled - Numeric: {numeric_strategy}, Categorical: {categorical_strategy}")
        return self
    
    def encode_categorical_features(self, encoding_type='onehot', handle_unknown='ignore'):
        """Encode categorical variables using various methods"""
        
        if not self.categorical_cols:
            print("No categorical columns to encode.")
            return self
        
        if encoding_type == 'onehot':
            encoder = OneHotEncoder(drop='first', sparse_output=False, handle_unknown=handle_unknown)
            encoded_data = encoder.fit_transform(self.df[self.categorical_cols])
            encoded_cols = encoder.get_feature_names_out(self.categorical_cols)
            
        elif encoding_type == 'label':
            encoded_data = np.zeros((len(self.df), len(self.categorical_cols)))
            encoded_cols = self.categorical_cols
            encoder = {}
            for i, col in enumerate(self.categorical_cols):
                le = LabelEncoder()
                encoded_data[:, i] = le.fit_transform(self.df[col])
                encoder[col] = le
            
        elif encoding_type == 'target':
            if not self.target_col:
                raise ValueError("Target column required for target encoding")
            encoder = ce.TargetEncoder(cols=self.categorical_cols)
            encoded_data = encoder.fit_transform(self.df[self.categorical_cols], self.df[self.target_col])
            encoded_cols = self.categorical_cols
            
        elif encoding_type == 'binary':
            encoder = ce.BinaryEncoder(cols=self.categorical_cols)
            encoded_data = encoder.fit_transform(self.df[self.categorical_cols])
            encoded_cols = encoded_data.columns
        
        # Replace original categorical columns
        self.df = self.df.drop(columns=self.categorical_cols)
        encoded_df = pd.DataFrame(encoded_data, columns=encoded_cols, index=self.df.index)
        self.df = pd.concat([self.df, encoded_df], axis=1)
        
        self.transformers[f'{encoding_type}_encoder'] = encoder
        self.categorical_cols = encoded_cols.tolist() if hasattr(encoded_cols, 'tolist') else list(encoded_cols)
        
        print(f"Categorical encoding completed using {encoding_type}")
        return self
    
    def scale_features(self, scaling_type='standard', exclude_binary=True):
        """Scale numeric features using various methods"""
        
        if not self.numeric_cols:
            print("No numeric columns to scale.")
            return self
        
        # Exclude binary features from scaling if requested
        cols_to_scale = self.numeric_cols.copy()
        if exclude_binary:
            for col in self.numeric_cols:
                if set(self.df[col].unique()).issubset({0, 1}):
                    cols_to_scale.remove(col)
        
        if not cols_to_scale:
            print("No columns to scale after excluding binary features.")
            return self
        
        if scaling_type == 'standard':
            scaler = StandardScaler()
        elif scaling_type == 'minmax':
            scaler = MinMaxScaler()
        elif scaling_type == 'robust':
            scaler = RobustScaler()
        elif scaling_type == 'power':
            scaler = PowerTransformer(method='yeo-johnson')
        
        self.df[cols_to_scale] = scaler.fit_transform(self.df[cols_to_scale])
        self.transformers[f'{scaling_type}_scaler'] = scaler
        
        print(f"Features scaled using {scaling_type} scaler")
        return self
    
    def create_polynomial_features(self, degree=2, interaction_only=False, include_bias=False):
        """Create polynomial and interaction features"""
        
        if not self.numeric_cols:
            print("No numeric columns for polynomial features.")
            return self
        
        poly = PolynomialFeatures(degree=degree, 
                                interaction_only=interaction_only,
                                include_bias=include_bias)
        
        poly_data = poly.fit_transform(self.df[self.numeric_cols])
        poly_cols = poly.get_feature_names_out(self.numeric_cols)
        
        # Remove original columns and add polynomial features
        self.df = self.df.drop(columns=self.numeric_cols)
        poly_df = pd.DataFrame(poly_data, columns=poly_cols, index=self.df.index)
        self.df = pd.concat([self.df, poly_df], axis=1)
        
        self.numeric_cols = poly_cols.tolist()
        self.transformers['polynomial'] = poly
        
        print(f"Polynomial features created (degree={degree})")
        return self
    
    def extract_datetime_features(self):
        """Extract features from datetime columns"""
        
        if not self.datetime_cols:
            print("No datetime columns found.")
            return self
        
        for col in self.datetime_cols:
            dt_col = pd.to_datetime(self.df[col])
            
            # Extract common datetime features
            self.df[f'{col}_year'] = dt_col.dt.year
            self.df[f'{col}_month'] = dt_col.dt.month
            self.df[f'{col}_day'] = dt_col.dt.day
            self.df[f'{col}_dayofweek'] = dt_col.dt.dayofweek
            self.df[f'{col}_quarter'] = dt_col.dt.quarter
            self.df[f'{col}_is_weekend'] = dt_col.dt.dayofweek.isin([5, 6]).astype(int)
            
            # Hour if time information is available
            if dt_col.dt.hour.nunique() > 1:
                self.df[f'{col}_hour'] = dt_col.dt.hour
        
        # Remove original datetime columns
        self.df = self.df.drop(columns=self.datetime_cols)
        print(f"Datetime features extracted from {len(self.datetime_cols)} columns")
        return self
    
    def select_features(self, method='mutual_info', k=10, estimator=None):
        """Feature selection using various methods"""
        
        if not self.target_col or self.target_col not in self.df.columns:
            print("Target column required for feature selection.")
            return self
        
        X = self.df.drop(columns=[self.target_col])
        y = self.df[self.target_col]
        
        if method == 'univariate':
            if y.dtype in ['object', 'category']:
                selector = SelectKBest(score_func=f_classif, k=k)
            else:
                selector = SelectKBest(score_func=f_regression, k=k)
        
        elif method == 'rfe':
            if estimator is None:
                from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier, RandomForestRegressor
                if y.dtype in ['object', 'category']:
                    estimator = RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
                else:
                    estimator = RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
            selector = RFE(estimator=estimator, n_features_to_select=k)
        
        elif method == 'model_based':
            if estimator is None:
                from sklearn.ensemble import RandomForestClassifier, RandomForestRegressor
                if y.dtype in ['object', 'category']:
                    estimator = RandomForestClassifier(n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
                else:
                    estimator = RandomForestRegressor(n_estimators=100, random_state=42)
            selector = SelectFromModel(estimator=estimator, max_features=k)
        
        X_selected = selector.fit_transform(X, y)
        selected_features = X.columns[selector.get_support()].tolist()
        
        # Update dataframe with selected features
        self.df = pd.concat([
            pd.DataFrame(X_selected, columns=selected_features, index=X.index),
            y
        ], axis=1)
        
        self.transformers['feature_selector'] = selector
        print(f"Feature selection completed using {method}: {len(selected_features)} features selected")
        print(f"Selected features: {selected_features}")
        
        return self
    
    def create_preprocessing_pipeline(self):
        """Create scikit-learn pipeline for preprocessing"""
        
        # Update column lists
        self.numeric_cols = self.df.select_dtypes(include=[np.number]).columns.tolist()
        self.categorical_cols = self.df.select_dtypes(include=['object', 'category']).columns.tolist()
        
        if self.target_col and self.target_col in self.numeric_cols:
            self.numeric_cols.remove(self.target_col)
        if self.target_col and self.target_col in self.categorical_cols:
            self.categorical_cols.remove(self.target_col)
        
        # Create preprocessing steps
        numeric_transformer = Pipeline([
            ('imputer', SimpleImputer(strategy='median')),
            ('scaler', StandardScaler())
        ])
        
        categorical_transformer = Pipeline([
            ('imputer', SimpleImputer(strategy='constant', fill_value='missing')),
            ('encoder', OneHotEncoder(drop='first', handle_unknown='ignore'))
        ])
        
        # Combine transformers
        preprocessor = ColumnTransformer([
            ('num', numeric_transformer, self.numeric_cols),
            ('cat', categorical_transformer, self.categorical_cols)
        ])
        
        self.transformers['pipeline'] = preprocessor
        return preprocessor
    
    def get_feature_importance(self, model, feature_names=None):
        """Extract and visualize feature importance"""
        
        if not hasattr(model, 'feature_importances_'):
            print("Model doesn't have feature_importances_ attribute")
            return
        
        if feature_names is None:
            feature_names = [f'feature_{i}' for i in range(len(model.feature_importances_))]
        
        importance_df = pd.DataFrame({
            'feature': feature_names,
            'importance': model.feature_importances_
        }).sort_values('importance', ascending=False)
        
        # Plot top 20 features
        plt.figure(figsize=(10, 8))
        sns.barplot(data=importance_df.head(20), x='importance', y='feature')
        plt.title('Top 20 Feature Importance')
        plt.xlabel('Importance')
        plt.tight_layout()
        plt.show()
        
        return importance_df

# Example usage
def create_ml_pipeline(df, target_col, test_size=0.2):
    """Create complete ML pipeline with feature engineering"""
    
    # Feature Engineering
    fe = FeatureEngineer(df, target_col)
    processed_df = (fe
                   .handle_missing_values()
                   .extract_datetime_features()
                   .encode_categorical_features(encoding_type='onehot')
                   .scale_features(scaling_type='standard')
                   .df)
    
    # Split data
    X = processed_df.drop(columns=[target_col])
    y = processed_df[target_col]
    
    X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(
        X, y, test_size=test_size, random_state=42, stratify=y if y.dtype == 'object' else None
    )
    
    return X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test, fe.transformers

3. Statistical Analysis and Hypothesis Testing

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
from scipy import stats
from scipy.stats import (
    ttest_1samp, ttest_ind, ttest_rel,
    chi2_contingency, fisher_exact,
    mannwhitneyu, wilcoxon, kruskal,
    pearsonr, spearmanr, kendalltau,
    shapiro, normaltest, kstest,
    levene, bartlett, fligner
)
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
from statsmodels.stats.power import TTestPower
from statsmodels.stats.proportion import proportions_ztest
from statsmodels.stats.contingency_tables import mcnemar

class StatisticalAnalyzer:
    """Comprehensive statistical analysis toolkit"""
    
    def __init__(self, alpha=0.05):
        self.alpha = alpha
        self.results = {}
    
    def normality_tests(self, data, column=None):
        """Test for normality using multiple methods"""
        
        if column:
            values = data[column].dropna()
            test_name = f"Normality Tests for {column}"
        else:
            values = data.dropna()
            test_name = "Normality Tests"
        
        results = {}
        
        # Shapiro-Wilk Test (good for small samples)
        if len(values) <= 5000:
            stat_sw, p_sw = shapiro(values)
            results['Shapiro-Wilk'] = {'statistic': stat_sw, 'p_value': p_sw}
        
        # D'Agostino-Pearson Test
        stat_dp, p_dp = normaltest(values)
        results['D\'Agostino-Pearson'] = {'statistic': stat_dp, 'p_value': p_dp}
        
        # Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
        stat_ks, p_ks = kstest(values, 'norm', args=(np.mean(values), np.std(values)))
        results['Kolmogorov-Smirnov'] = {'statistic': stat_ks, 'p_value': p_ks}
        
        # Print results
        print(f"\n{test_name}")
        print("-" * 50)
        for test, result in results.items():
            significance = "Normal" if result['p_value'] > self.alpha else "Not Normal"
            print(f"{test}: statistic={result['statistic']:.4f}, "
                  f"p-value={result['p_value']:.4f} ({significance})")
        
        # Visual assessment
        fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(12, 4))
        
        # Histogram with normal curve
        axes[0].hist(values, bins=30, density=True, alpha=0.7, color='skyblue')
        x = np.linspace(values.min(), values.max(), 100)
        y = stats.norm.pdf(x, values.mean(), values.std())
        axes[0].plot(x, y, 'r-', label='Normal Distribution')
        axes[0].set_title('Histogram vs Normal Distribution')
        axes[0].legend()
        
        # Q-Q Plot
        stats.probplot(values, dist="norm", plot=axes[1])
        axes[1].set_title('Q-Q Plot')
        
        plt.tight_layout()
        plt.show()
        
        self.results[f'normality_{column or "data"}'] = results
        return results
    
    def variance_tests(self, group1, group2, test_type='levene'):
        """Test for equal variances between groups"""
        
        if test_type == 'levene':
            stat, p_value = levene(group1, group2)
            test_name = "Levene's Test"
        elif test_type == 'bartlett':
            stat, p_value = bartlett(group1, group2)
            test_name = "Bartlett's Test"
        elif test_type == 'fligner':
            stat, p_value = fligner(group1, group2)
            test_name = "Fligner-Killeen Test"
        
        result = {'statistic': stat, 'p_value': p_value}
        significance = "Equal variances" if p_value > self.alpha else "Unequal variances"
        
        print(f"\n{test_name} for Equal Variances")
        print("-" * 40)
        print(f"Statistic: {stat:.4f}")
        print(f"P-value: {p_value:.4f}")
        print(f"Conclusion: {significance} (α = {self.alpha})")
        
        return result
    
    def t_tests(self, data=None, group1=None, group2=None, test_type='independent', 
                mu=0, alternative='two-sided'):
        """Perform various t-tests"""
        
        results = {}
        
        if test_type == 'one_sample':
            if data is None:
                raise ValueError("Data required for one-sample t-test")
            
            stat, p_value = ttest_1samp(data, mu, alternative=alternative)
            results = {
                'test_type': 'One-Sample T-Test',
                'statistic': stat,
                'p_value': p_value,
                'degrees_of_freedom': len(data) - 1,
                'mean': np.mean(data),
                'hypothesized_mean': mu
            }
            
        elif test_type == 'independent':
            if group1 is None or group2 is None:
                raise ValueError("Two groups required for independent t-test")
            
            # Test for equal variances first
            var_test = self.variance_tests(group1, group2, test_type='levene')
            equal_var = var_test['p_value'] > self.alpha
            
            stat, p_value = ttest_ind(group1, group2, equal_var=equal_var, alternative=alternative)
            results = {
                'test_type': 'Independent Samples T-Test',
                'statistic': stat,
                'p_value': p_value,
                'degrees_of_freedom': len(group1) + len(group2) - 2,
                'mean_group1': np.mean(group1),
                'mean_group2': np.mean(group2),
                'equal_variances_assumed': equal_var
            }
            
        elif test_type == 'paired':
            if group1 is None or group2 is None:
                raise ValueError("Two paired groups required for paired t-test")
            if len(group1) != len(group2):
                raise ValueError("Paired groups must have equal length")
            
            stat, p_value = ttest_rel(group1, group2, alternative=alternative)
            results = {
                'test_type': 'Paired Samples T-Test',
                'statistic': stat,
                'p_value': p_value,
                'degrees_of_freedom': len(group1) - 1,
                'mean_difference': np.mean(np.array(group1) - np.array(group2))
            }
        
        # Interpret results
        significance = "Significant" if results['p_value'] < self.alpha else "Not Significant"
        
        print(f"\n{results['test_type']}")
        print("-" * 40)
        print(f"T-statistic: {results['statistic']:.4f}")
        print(f"P-value: {results['p_value']:.4f}")
        print(f"Degrees of Freedom: {results['degrees_of_freedom']}")
        print(f"Result: {significance} (α = {self.alpha})")
        
        if test_type == 'independent':
            cohen_d = self.cohens_d(group1, group2)
            print(f"Cohen's d (effect size): {cohen_d:.4f}")
            results['cohens_d'] = cohen_d
        
        self.results[f't_test_{test_type}'] = results
        return results
    
    def non_parametric_tests(self, group1, group2=None, test_type='mann_whitney'):
        """Perform non-parametric tests"""
        
        results = {}
        
        if test_type == 'mann_whitney':
            if group2 is None:
                raise ValueError("Two groups required for Mann-Whitney U test")
            
            stat, p_value = mannwhitneyu(group1, group2, alternative='two-sided')
            results = {
                'test_type': 'Mann-Whitney U Test',
                'statistic': stat,
                'p_value': p_value,
                'median_group1': np.median(group1),
                'median_group2': np.median(group2)
            }
            
        elif test_type == 'wilcoxon':
            if group2 is None:
                # One-sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test
                stat, p_value = wilcoxon(group1)
                results = {
                    'test_type': 'Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test (One Sample)',
                    'statistic': stat,
                    'p_value': p_value,
                    'median': np.median(group1)
                }
            else:
                # Paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test
                stat, p_value = wilcoxon(group1, group2)
                results = {
                    'test_type': 'Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test (Paired)',
                    'statistic': stat,
                    'p_value': p_value,
                    'median_difference': np.median(np.array(group1) - np.array(group2))
                }
        
        significance = "Significant" if results['p_value'] < self.alpha else "Not Significant"
        
        print(f"\n{results['test_type']}")
        print("-" * 40)
        print(f"Statistic: {results['statistic']:.4f}")
        print(f"P-value: {results['p_value']:.4f}")
        print(f"Result: {significance} (α = {self.alpha})")
        
        self.results[f'nonparametric_{test_type}'] = results
        return results
    
    def chi_square_test(self, observed, expected=None):
        """Perform chi-square test for independence or goodness of fit"""
        
        if expected is None:
            # Test of independence
            chi2, p_value, dof, expected_freq = chi2_contingency(observed)
            test_type = "Chi-Square Test of Independence"
        else:
            # Goodness of fit test
            chi2, p_value = stats.chisquare(observed, expected)
            dof = len(observed) - 1
            expected_freq = expected
            test_type = "Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test"
        
        results = {
            'test_type': test_type,
            'chi2_statistic': chi2,
            'p_value': p_value,
            'degrees_of_freedom': dof,
            'expected_frequencies': expected_freq
        }
        
        # Cramer's V for effect size (independence test)
        if expected is None:
            n = np.sum(observed)
            cramer_v = np.sqrt(chi2 / (n * (min(observed.shape) - 1)))
            results['cramers_v'] = cramer_v
        
        significance = "Significant" if p_value < self.alpha else "Not Significant"
        
        print(f"\n{test_type}")
        print("-" * 40)
        print(f"Chi-square statistic: {chi2:.4f}")
        print(f"P-value: {p_value:.4f}")
        print(f"Degrees of Freedom: {dof}")
        print(f"Result: {significance} (α = {self.alpha})")
        
        if 'cramers_v' in results:
            print(f"Cramer's V (effect size): {results['cramers_v']:.4f}")
        
        self.results['chi_square'] = results
        return results
    
    def correlation_analysis(self, x, y, method='pearson'):
        """Perform correlation analysis"""
        
        if method == 'pearson':
            corr, p_value = pearsonr(x, y)
        elif method == 'spearman':
            corr, p_value = spearmanr(x, y)
        elif method == 'kendall':
            corr, p_value = kendalltau(x, y)
        
        results = {
            'method': method,
            'correlation': corr,
            'p_value': p_value,
            'n': len(x)
        }
        
        # Confidence interval for Pearson correlation
        if method == 'pearson':
            r = corr
            n = len(x)
            stderr = 1.0 / np.sqrt(n - 3)
            delta = 1.96 * stderr
            lower = np.tanh(np.arctanh(r) - delta)
            upper = np.tanh(np.arctanh(r) + delta)
            results['confidence_interval'] = (lower, upper)
        
        significance = "Significant" if p_value < self.alpha else "Not Significant"
        
        print(f"\n{method.capitalize()} Correlation Analysis")
        print("-" * 40)
        print(f"Correlation coefficient: {corr:.4f}")
        print(f"P-value: {p_value:.4f}")
        print(f"Result: {significance} (α = {self.alpha})")
        
        if 'confidence_interval' in results:
            print(f"95% Confidence Interval: ({results['confidence_interval'][0]:.4f}, "
                  f"{results['confidence_interval'][1]:.4f})")
        
        # Scatter plot with regression line
        plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6))
        plt.scatter(x, y, alpha=0.6)
        z = np.polyfit(x, y, 1)
        p = np.poly1d(z)
        plt.plot(x, p(x), "r--", alpha=0.8)
        plt.xlabel('X Variable')
        plt.ylabel('Y Variable')
        plt.title(f'{method.capitalize()} Correlation: r = {corr:.4f}, p = {p_value:.4f}')
        plt.show()
        
        self.results[f'correlation_{method}'] = results
        return results
    
    def power_analysis(self, effect_size, sample_size=None, power=None, alpha=None):
        """Perform statistical power analysis for t-tests"""
        
        if alpha is None:
            alpha = self.alpha
        
        power_calc = TTestPower()
        
        if sample_size is None and power is not None:
            # Calculate required sample size
            sample_size = power_calc.solve_power(effect_size=effect_size, 
                                               power=power, alpha=alpha)
            result_type = "Required sample size"
            result_value = sample_size
            
        elif power is None and sample_size is not None:
            # Calculate achieved power
            power = power_calc.solve_power(effect_size=effect_size,
                                         nobs=sample_size, alpha=alpha)
            result_type = "Achieved power"
            result_value = power
            
        else:
            raise ValueError("Specify either sample_size or power, not both")
        
        print(f"\nPower Analysis")
        print("-" * 30)
        print(f"Effect size: {effect_size:.4f}")
        print(f"Alpha level: {alpha:.4f}")
        print(f"{result_type}: {result_value:.4f}")
        
        return {
            'effect_size': effect_size,
            'alpha': alpha,
            'sample_size': sample_size,
            'power': power
        }
    
    @staticmethod
    def cohens_d(group1, group2):
        """Calculate Cohen's d effect size"""
        n1, n2 = len(group1), len(group2)
        pooled_std = np.sqrt(((n1 - 1) * np.var(group1, ddof=1) + 
                             (n2 - 1) * np.var(group2, ddof=1)) / (n1 + n2 - 2))
        return (np.mean(group1) - np.mean(group2)) / pooled_std
    
    def generate_report(self):
        """Generate comprehensive statistical analysis report"""
        
        if not self.results:
            print("No analysis results to report.")
            return
        
        print("\n" + "="*60)
        print("STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT")
        print("="*60)
        
        for analysis, results in self.results.items():
            print(f"\n{analysis.upper().replace('_', ' ')}")
            print("-" * 40)
            for key, value in results.items():
                if isinstance(value, float):
                    print(f"{key}: {value:.4f}")
                else:
                    print(f"{key}: {value}")
        
        return self.results

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