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Python Data Analysis

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Interested in using Python for data analysis? Learn how to use Python, NumPy, and pandas together to analyze data sets large and small.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Get started in data analysis with Python
  • What you need to know
  • What's new in this update
1. Installation and Setup
  • Install Anaconda Python on OS X
  • Install Anaconda Python on Windows
  • Working with Jupyter Notebooks
  • Using the exercise files
  • Using Python in the cloud
2. Data Structures in Pure Python
  • Warmup with Python loops
  • Sequences: Lists, tuples, and the slicing syntax
  • Dictionaries and sets
  • Comprehensions
  • Advanced Python containers
3. Wordplay: Anagrams and Palindromes
  • Anagrams overview
  • Loading a dictionary
  • Finding anagrams
  • Challenge: Palindromes
  • Solution: Palindromes
4. Arrays with NumPy
  • NumPy overview
  • Creating NumPy arrays
  • Indexing NumPy arrays
  • Doing math with NumPy arrays
  • Special arrays: Records and dates
5. Use Case: Weather Data
  • Overview of use case
  • Loading station and temperature data
  • Filling missing values
  • Smoothing time series
  • Weather charts
  • Challenge: Weather anomalies
  • Solution: Weather anomalies
6. pandas
  • pandas overview
  • DataFrames and Series
  • Indexing in pandas
  • Plotting
7. Use Case: Baby Names
  • Overview of use case
  • Loading data sets
  • Comparing name popularity
  • Yearly top ten names
  • Challenge: Unisex baby names
  • Solution: Unisex baby names
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Michele Vallisneri

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