This lecture introduces pandas, a Python library used for working with data sets.
Before class:
- Video introduction to pandas (8 minutes)
- Video on pandas dataframe (10 minutes)
- Pandas Basics [15 minutes]
In class:
- Using the intro to pandas notebook: present the basic concepts used in pandas (download link)
After class
- Exercises from the intro to pandas notebook: present the basic concepts used in pandas (download link)
Learning outcomes
- create pandas Series
- create pandas DataFrames from Series, dictionaries, lists
- access data in a DataFrame with loc and iloc
- reset index
- rename columns
- access metadata of DataFrames