Detect and exclude outliers in a pandas DataFrame

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I have a pandas data frame with certain outliers. 
For instance :

column 'Vol' has all values around 12xx and one value is 4000 (outlier).

I want to exclude those rows that have a Vol column like this. Should I put a filter on the data frame such that we select all rows where the values of a certain column are within, say, 3 standard deviations from the mean? What is the best way to do this?

Apr 25, 2022 in Python by Kichu
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Function definition.

This handles data when non-numeric attributes are also present:

from scipy import stats

def drop_numerical_outliers(df, z_thresh=3):
    # Constrains will contain `True` or `False` depending on if it is a value below the threshold.
    constrains = df.select_dtypes(include=[np.number]) \
        .apply(lambda x: np.abs(stats.zscore(x)) < z_thresh, reduce=False) \
        .all(axis=1)
    # Drop (inplace) values set to be rejected
    df.drop(df.index[~constrains], inplace=True)

Usage.

drop_numerical_outliers(df)

Example.

Think about a dataset df that contains values on houses: alley, land contour, sale price. 

Scatter graph visualization

# Plot data before dropping those greater than z-score 3. 
# The scatterAreaVsPrice function's definition has been removed for readability's sake.
scatterAreaVsPrice(df)

Before - Gr Liv Area Versus SalePrice

# Drop the outliers on every attributes
drop_numerical_outliers(train_df)

# Plot the result. All outliers were dropped. Note that the red points are not
# the same outliers from the first plot, but the new computed outliers based on the new data-frame.
scatterAreaVsPrice(train_df)

After - Gr Liv Area Versus SalePrice

I hope this help you.

answered Apr 28, 2022 by narikkadan
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