diff --git a/guide/english/data-science-tools/pandas/index.md b/guide/english/data-science-tools/pandas/index.md index 2d71c45dfa..e432eec925 100644 --- a/guide/english/data-science-tools/pandas/index.md +++ b/guide/english/data-science-tools/pandas/index.md @@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ title: pandas ## pandas [pandas](http://pandas.pydata.org/) is a Python library for data analysis using data frames. The name `pandas` comes from *panel data*, i.e. a multi-dimensional data measured over time. Data frames are tables of data, which may conceptually be compared to a spreadsheet. Data scientists familiar with R will feel at home here. pandas is often used along with numpy, scipy, pyplot, seaborn and scikit-learn. +### Installing pandas +#### Installing via Anaconda (__Recommended__): +Pandas and the other Data Science Stack (Scipy, Numpy, Scikit, etc) are included when installing Anaconda. For more information about installing Anaconda, please refer to this [site](http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/install/). + +#### Installing via pip: +If you want to install pandas using default python package manager (pip), here is the command: +``` +pip install pandas +``` + ### Importing pandas It is a widely used convention to import the pandas library using the alias `pd`: ```python