Working with dataPro
Pandas
Reading, inspecting, filtering and summarising real data with Python. From a CSV file to a grouped total — six steps and a ten-question quiz in every chapter.
The six steps in every chapter
- 1Encounter
- 2Understand
- 3Worked
- 4Predict
- 5Apply
- 6Stretch
This course is Pro
The chapter list is open to everyone — you should be able to see what is taught before deciding. Reading the chapters needs Pro.
See Pro- 01Installing pandas, and your first tableProin-reviewPandas does not come with Python. Creating a virtual environment, installing with pip, verifying it, and building your first DataFrame by hand.25 min10 questions
- 02Series and DataFrame — the two things in pandasProin-reviewWhat a column is, what a table is, and why every value in a column has to share one type. Including the difference between df["col"] and df[["col"]].30 min10 questions
- 03Reading a CSV, and checking what arrivedProin-reviewReading a file with read_csv and immediately inspecting it with shape, head, info and describe — because a badly read file gives wrong answers without ever raising an error.30 min10 questions