πŸ›£οΈ Week 04 - Data types and the basics of pandas

Lab Roadmap (90 min)

Author

Dr. Jon Cardoso-Silva

Published

05 February 2024

πŸ₯… Learning Objectives

  • Data Types: Understand the different types of data and how they are represented in Python.
  • pandas: Learn the basics of the pandas library for data manipulation and analysis.
  • DataFrames: Understand the concept of DataFrames and how to create them using pandas.

πŸ“‹ Lab Tasks

Here are the instructions for this lab. No need to wait for your class teacher. You can tackle them as soon as you come to the classroom.

Part 0: Export your chat logs (~ 3 min)

As part of the GENIAL project, we ask that you fill out the following form as soon as you come to the lab:

🎯 ACTION POINTS

  1. πŸ”— CLICK HERE to export your chat log.

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πŸ‘‰ NOTE: You MUST complete the initial form.

If you really don’t want to participate in GENIAL1, just answer β€˜No’ to the Terms & Conditions question - your e-mail address will be deleted from GENIAL’s database the following week.

Part 1: Tutorial on Data Types and pandas

This entire session is a πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« TEACHING MOMENT. Follow along as your class teacher demonstrates the principles in the Jupyter Notebook below.

Note: The notebook below is also available in the GitHub repository ds105w-2024-w03-lecture shared in the W03 lecture 2.

Footnotes

  1. We’re gonna cry a little bit, not gonna lie. But no hard feelings. We’ll get over it.β†©οΈŽ

  2. The repository is private. If you didn’t come to W03 lecture, you will have to send a message to Jon on Slack to get access to the repository.β†©οΈŽ