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Reputation: 415

Python: creating a covariance matrix from lists

Is there a quickest way to go from the following three lists to a covariance matrix in Python (numpy array)?

Fac2 Fac1  VarCovar
   a    a       1.4
   a    b       0.7
   a    c       0.3
   b    a       0.7
   b    b       1.8
   b    c       6.3
   c    a       0.3
   c    b       6.3
   c    c       2.4

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1251

Answers (1)

Alex Riley
Alex Riley

Reputation: 176810

You can create the 3x3 matrix easily using Pandas. Create a DataFrame df from the above array and pivot on the third column using pivot_table.

For example if you have the following dictionary d of lists:

{'Fac1': ['a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b', 'c'],
 'Fac2': ['a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'c', 'c'],
 'VarCovar': [1.4, 0.7, 0.3, 0.7, 1.8, 6.3, 0.3, 6.3, 2.4]}

Create the DataFrame like this:

df = pd.DataFrame(d)

And then:

>>> df.pivot_table(rows='Fac1', cols='Fac2', values='VarCovar')
Fac2    a    b    c
Fac1               
a     1.4  0.7  0.3
b     0.7  1.8  6.3
c     0.3  6.3  2.4

Using the values attribute on the end returns a NumPy array from the table:

>>> df.pivot_table(rows='Fac1', cols='Fac2', values='VarCovar').values
array([[ 1.4,  0.7,  0.3],
       [ 0.7,  1.8,  6.3],
       [ 0.3,  6.3,  2.4]])

If you don't have all pairs, you can proceed in the same way and fill in the missing values with the transposed index pair:

>>> d = {'Fac1': ['a', 'b', 'c' , 'b', 'c', 'c'], 
         'Fac2': ['a', 'a', 'a' , 'b', 'b', 'c'], 
         'VarCovar': [1.4, 0.7, 0.3, 1.8, 6.3, 2.4]}
>>> df = pd.DataFrame(d)
>>> table = df.pivot_table(rows='Fac1', cols='Fac2', values='VarCovar')
>>> table.combine_first(table.T)
Fac2    a    b    c
Fac1               
a     1.4  0.7  0.3
b     0.7  1.8  6.3
c     0.3  6.3  2.4

(I took the idea of using combine_first from DSM's answer here)

Upvotes: 5

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