Data Analysis and Visualization in Python

July 9, 16, 23, 2024

10am - 12:30pm PST

UC Santa Barbara Library, Room 1312

Instructors: Seth Erickson, Greg Janée, Jose Niño Muriel

Helpers: Kristi Liu

This three-day workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to Python, specifically designed for participants with no prior programming experience. Through the use of Jupyter notebooks, learners will get started coding in Python. The workshop will cover essential skills such as data loading and analysis, automation of data processing tasks, and the creation of basic plots for data visualization.

Surveys

Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.

Code of Conduct

Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.

Schedule

Day 1 - July 9th
10:00 AM	Welcome and intro
10:15 AM	Before we start
10:45	Intro to Programming in Python
11:20 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Starting with Data
12:30 PM	End of day 1

Day 2 - July 16th
10:00 AM	Review
10:10 AM	Indexing, Slicing and Subsetting DataFrames
11:05 AM	Data Types and Formats I
11:25 AM	Break
11:35 AM	Data Types and Formats I
12:00 AM	Combining DataFrames
12:30 PM	End of day 2

Day 3 - July 23rd
10:00 AM	Review
10:10 AM	Combining DataFrames
10:25 AM	Data Workflows and Automation
11:30 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Plotting with Matplotlib and plotnine
12:25 PM	Post-workshop survey
12:30 PM	End of day 3