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Python Data Essentials

3 Courses
1 Lab
5 Hours
Skill IQ

Data analysts and data scientists rely on Python to clean, organize, and explore data. This path shows you how they do it. You’ll follow the same route, starting with Python basics and operators, then moving on to loops, conditionals, and functions that control how your code runs. Along the way, you’ll practice storing data in lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries. You’ll come away able to write Python code that prepares your data for analysis.

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Python Data Essentials

Python Data Essentials is designed to provide a solid understanding of the essential concepts and techniques required to work with data using Python. Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate Python programmer, this book will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to handle data effectively and write efficient Python code.

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