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 Group by: split-apply-combine
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+The groupby() function allows you to divide your dataset into groups based on one or more keys, apply an operation to each group independently (such as calculating a sum or mean), and then combine the results back into a new DataFrame
 By "group by" we are referring to a process involving one or more of the following
 steps: