Sep 29 2022

Introduction to Python

September 29, 2022

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Description

This Python tutorial will guide participants through common tasks in data science. It is designed to be accessible to people with no previous programming experience.

Learning objectives

  • use Open OnDemand to open a Jupyter notebook
  • work in a Jupyter notebook to run and record Python code
  • understand basic Python syntax to use functions and assign variables
  • create lists
  • use for-loops
  • define functions
  • load packages and spreadsheet-style data using Python
  • extract columns, rows, and portions thereof from datasets
  • calculate summary statistics
  • subset data by identifying rows that meet particular conditions
  • group data to summarize by category
  • accommodate missing data
  • export data using pandas

Registration

Click here to register. Registrations for this training ends on September 26, 2022.

Contact

Torin White
torinw@uic.edu

Date posted

Aug 19, 2022

Date updated

Sep 21, 2022