Python Essentials for Data Scientists
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Introduction

Welcome to the course!
Install the Anaconda distribution
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Course overview
Basic Data Types

Basic Data Types
Quiz: Basic Data Types
Lists

Lists
Quiz: Lists
Exercise: Lists
Solution: Lists
Comparisons & Conditional Statements

Comparisons & Conditional Statements
Quiz: Comparisons & Conditional Statements
Functions

Functions
Quiz: Functions
Exercise: Functions
Solution: Functions
Exercise: Functions & Conditional Statements
Solution: Functions & Conditional Statements
Naming Objects

Naming Objects
Quiz: Naming Objects
Writing Comments

Writing Comments
Quiz: Writing Comments
List Slicing

List Slicing
Quiz: List Slicing
Strings

Strings
Quiz: Strings
Exercise: Strings & Slicing
Solution: Strings & Slicing
For Loops

For Loops
Quiz: For Loops
Exercise: For Loops
Solution: For Loops
List Comprehensions

List Comprehensions
Quiz: List Comprehensions
Exercise: List Comprehensions
Solution: List Comprehensions
Dictionaries

Dictionaries
Statements
Lists vs. Dictionaries
Quiz: Dictionaries
Exercise: Dictionaries
Solution: Dictionaries
Nested Data

Nested Data
Quiz: Nested Data
Exercise: Nested Data
Solution: Nested Data
Nested Data & Tuples

Nested Data & Tuples
Quiz: Nested Data & Tuples
Exercise: Nested Data & Tuples
Solution: Nested Data & Tuples
Imports

Imports
Quiz: Imports
Intermission

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Project: Part 1

Project Overview
While Loops
f-strings
Mathematical Operators
Project Exercise 1
Solution to Exercise 1
Project: Part 2

Separating Functions
Writing Docstrings
Project Exercise 2
Solution to Exercise 2
Project: Part 3

Classes
Counter
Range
Project Exercise 3
Solution to Exercise 3
Project: Part 4

Zip
Project Exercise 4
Solution to Exercise 4
Project: Part 5

Line Plots with Matplotlib
Bar Plots
Multiple Assignment
Unpacking into a Function Call
Project Exercise 5
Solution to Exercise 5
Project: Part 6

Dictionary Comprehensions
Project Exercise 6
Solution to Exercise 6
Project: Part 7

Membership Operators
Project Exercise 7
Solution to Exercise 7
Conclusion

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Project: Part 3

5 Lessons