6 Data Wrangling in Python

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This week we will turn from broader programming and software engineering concepts to practical approaches of working with data in Python. In particular, we will focus on pandas, a versatile library for data analysis, which often serves as the first building block in many data-science pipelines.

Readings

• Guttag. Chapter 23
• McKinney. Chapters 5-9

Lab

• Data input and output
• Working with pandas library

Assignment 3

• Testing and data wrangling in Python
• Due at 11:00 on Wednesday, 27th October (submission on Blackboard)
• Rename the file from 03_assignment.ipynb to 03_assignment_studentnumber_firstname_lastname.ipynb before submission