python - cannot make corr work - python-3.x

Question

I'm struggling with getting a simple correlation done. I've tried all that was suggested under similar questions.
Here are the relevant parts of the code, the various attempts I've made and their results.
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
try01 = data[['ESA Index_close_px', 'CCMP Index_close_px' ]].corr(method='pearson')
print (try01)
Out:
Empty DataFrame
Columns: []
Index: []
try04 = data['ESA Index_close_px'][5:50].corr(data['CCMP Index_close_px'][5:50])
print (try04)
Out:
**AttributeError: 'float' object has no attribute 'sqrt'**
using numpy
try05 = np.corrcoef(data['ESA Index_close_px'],data['CCMP Index_close_px'])
print (try05)
Out:
AttributeError: 'float' object has no attribute 'sqrt'
converting the columns to lists
ESA_Index_close_px_list = list()
start_value = 1
end_value = len (data['ESA Index_close_px']) +1
for items in data['ESA Index_close_px']:
ESA_Index_close_px_list.append(items)
start_value = start_value+1
if start_value == end_value:
break
else:
continue
CCMP_Index_close_px_list = list()
start_value = 1
end_value = len (data['CCMP Index_close_px']) +1
for items in data['CCMP Index_close_px']:
CCMP_Index_close_px_list.append(items)
start_value = start_value+1
if start_value == end_value:
break
else:
continue
try06 = np.corrcoef(['ESA_Index_close_px_list','CCMP_Index_close_px_list'])
print (try06)
Out:
****TypeError: cannot perform reduce with flexible type****
Also tried .astype but not made any difference.
data['ESA Index_close_px'].astype(float)
data['CCMP Index_close_px'].astype(float)
Using Python 3.5, pandas 0.18.1 and numpy 1.11.1
Would really appreciate any suggestion.
**edit1:*
Data is coming from an excel spreadsheet
data = pd.read_excel('C:\\Users\\Ako\\Desktop\\ako_files\\for_corr_‌​tool.xlsx') prior to the correlation attempts, there are only column renames and
data = data.drop(data.index[0])
to get rid of a line
regarding the types:
print (type (data['ESA Index_close_px']))
print (type (data['ESA Index_close_px'][1]))
Out:
**edit2*
parts of the data:
print (data['ESA Index_close_px'][1:10])
print (data['CCMP Index_close_px'][1:10])
Out:
2 2137
3 2138
4 2132
5 2123
6 2127
7 2126.25
8 2131.5
9 2134.5
10 2159
Name: ESA Index_close_px, dtype: object
2 5241.83
3 5246.41
4 5243.84
5 5199.82
6 5214.16
7 5213.33
8 5239.02
9 5246.79
10 5328.67
Name: CCMP Index_close_px, dtype: object

Answer 1

Well, I've encountered the same problem today.
try use .astype('float64') to help make the type correct.
data['ESA Index_close_px'][5:50].astype('float64').corr(data['CCMP Index_close_px'][5:50].astype('float64'))
This works well for me. Hope it can help you as well.

Answer 2

You can try as following:
Top15['Citable docs per capita']=(Top15['Citable docs per capita']*100000)
Top15['Citable docs per capita'].astype('int').corr(Top15['Energy Supply per Capita'].astype('int'))
It worked for me.