seaborn: load_dataset

load_dataset from the seaborn package

As illustrated in several lectures, the seaborn package provides quick access to a small number of datasets for quick illustration or prototyping.

The list of datasets can be seen at https://github.com/mwaskom/seaborn-data

import seaborn as sns
df = sns.load_dataset('planets')
df.head()
method number orbital_period mass distance year
0 Radial Velocity 1 269.300 7.10 77.40 2006
1 Radial Velocity 1 874.774 2.21 56.95 2008
2 Radial Velocity 1 763.000 2.60 19.84 2011
3 Radial Velocity 1 326.030 19.40 110.62 2007
4 Radial Velocity 1 516.220 10.50 119.47 2009