Data Science With Python Core Skills

Learning PathSkills: Pandas, NumPy, Data Cleaning, Data Visualization

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In this learning path you’ll cover a range of core skills that any Python data scientist worth their salt should know.

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Data Science With Python Core Skills

Learning Path ⋅ 15 Resources

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Using Jupyter Notebooks

Learn how to get started with the Jupyter Notebook, an open source web application that you can use to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations, and text.

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Explore Your Dataset With pandas

Learn how to start exploring a dataset with pandas and Python. You'll learn how to access specific rows and columns to answer questions about your data. You'll also see how to handle missing values and prepare to visualize your dataset in a Jupyter Notebook.

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Reading and Writing CSV Files

This short course covers how to read and write data to CSV files using Python's built in csv module and the pandas library. You'll learn how to handle standard and non-standard data such as CSV files without headers, or files containing delimeters in the data.

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Working With JSON in Python

Learn how to work with Python's built-in json module to serialize the data in your programs into JSON format. Then, you'll deserialize some JSON from an online API and convert it into Python objects.

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Pandas DataFrames 101

Learn the basics of working with the Data Frame data structure in Pandas. We will touch on how to create new columns from existing data, delete unneeded data, how to import data from a CSV file, and more.

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Python Plotting With Matplotlib

In this beginner-friendly course, you'll learn about plotting in Python with matplotlib by looking at the theory and following along with practical examples.

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Data Cleaning With pandas and NumPy

Learn how to clean up messy data using pandas and NumPy. You'll become equipped to deal with a range of problems, such as missing values, inconsistent formatting, malformed records, and nonsensical outliers.

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Idiomatic pandas: Tricks & Features You May Not Know

In this course you'll see how to use some lesser-used but idiomatic pandas capabilities that lend your code better readability, versatility, and speed.

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Interactive Data Visualization With Bokeh and Python

This course will get you up and running with Bokeh, using examples and a real-world dataset. You'll learn how to visualize your data, customize and organize your visualizations, and add interactivity.

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Histogram Plotting in Python: NumPy, Matplotlib, Pandas & Seaborn

In this course, you'll be equipped to make production-quality, presentation-ready Python histogram plots with a range of choices and features. It's your one-stop shop for constructing and manipulating histograms with Python's scientific stack.

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Python Statistics Fundamentals: How to Describe Your Data

Learn the fundamentals of descriptive statistics and how to calculate them in Python. You'll find out how to describe, summarize, and represent your data visually using NumPy, SciPy, pandas, Matplotlib, and the built-in Python statistics library.

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Generating Random Data in Python

See several options for generating random data in Python, and then build up to a comparison of each in terms of its level of security, versatility, purpose, and speed.

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NumPy, SciPy, and pandas: Correlation With Python

Learn what correlation is and how you can calculate it with Python. You'll use SciPy, NumPy, and pandas correlation methods to calculate three different correlation coefficients. You'll also see how to visualize data, regression lines, and correlation matrices with Matplotlib.

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Data Engineer Interview Questions With Python

This tutorial will prepare you for some common questions you'll encounter during your data engineer interview. You'll learn how to answer questions about databases, ETL pipelines, and big data workflows. You'll also take a look at SQL, NoSQL, and Redis use cases and query examples.

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Look Ma, No for Loops: Array Programming With NumPy

How to take advantage of vectorization and broadcasting so you can use NumPy to its full capacity. In this tutorial you'll see step-by-step how these advanced features in NumPy help you writer faster code.

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