Introduction to Data and Plotting

Introduction to working with data and plotting

This lesson introduces some techniques for working with data sets and producing plots. It covers:

• A brief introduction to Jupyter notebooks.
• Introduction to NumPy.
• Introduction to Pandas.
• Introduction to matplotlib.

Prerequisites

In order to complete the lesson you should be familar with the content of the course:

• Introduction to Python

Schedule

Approximate timings for the lesson:

Time	Episode	Description
0:00	Setup	How to access jupyter notebooks from a GTA machine
0:10	Jupyter Notebooks	How to use a jupyter notebook
0:30	NumPy Introduction	An introduction to NumPy
0:55	Tuples, dicts ...	Interlude: List like structures in Python
1:05	More NumPy	More features of NumPy
1:25	Plotting with NumPy	How to plot with NumPy
1:40	Pandas Introduction	An introduction to pandas
2:10	Reading a file with pandas	Reading data into pandas
2:25	Plotting with pandas	More plots using matplotlib with pandas
2:40	Exploring matplotlib's features	A tour of some of the feature of matplotlib
3:00	Finish

Terms and conditions may apply, instuctors may go too fast, wheels might fall off etc, etc...