How to compute correlation using Pandas

7-Day Challenge

Land Your First Data Science Job

A proven roadmap to prepare for $75K+ entry-level data roles. Perfect for Data Scientist ready to level up their career.

Build portfolios that hiring managers love
Master the Python and SQL essentials to be industry-ready
Practice with real interview questions from tech companies
Access to the $100k/y Data Scientist Cheatsheet

Join thousands of developers who transformed their careers through our challenge. Unsubscribe anytime.

When analyzing data, you will end up needing to check the existing correlation between two different variables.

The DataFrame.corr() method will give you the correlation between your dataframe variables.

# We import the libraries
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

# Define two variables that have some correlation between each other
# Using the multivariate normal function from numpy
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.multivariate_normal(mean=[0,0],
                                                cov=[[1, 0], [0, 100]],
                                                size=100),
                  columns=["col1","col2"])
                  
# We print the correlation between those two columns
print(df.corr())
How to compute the correlation between two columns using pandas

Here you are, you now know how to compute the correlation between two variables.

7-Day Challenge

Land Your First Data Science Job

A proven roadmap to prepare for $75K+ entry-level data roles. Perfect for Data Scientist ready to level up their career.

Build portfolios that hiring managers love
Master the Python and SQL essentials to be industry-ready
Practice with real interview questions from tech companies
Access to the $100k/y Data Scientist Cheatsheet

Join thousands of developers who transformed their careers through our challenge. Unsubscribe anytime.

Free Newsletter

Master Data Science in Days, Not Months 🚀

Skip the theoretical rabbit holes. Get practical data science skills delivered in bite-sized lessons – Approach used by real data scientist. Not bookworms. 📚

Weekly simple and practical lessons
Access to ready to use code examples
Skip the math, focus on results
Learn while drinking your coffee

By subscribing, you agree to receive our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time.