Introduction to Data Analysis with Python

January 14, 17, 21, 2025

10am - 12:30pm PST

UC Santa Barbara Library, Room 2509

Instructors: Jose Niño Muriel, Jairo Melo-Flórez, Seth Erickson

Helpers: Tess Ivinjack, Sigrid Van Den Abbeele

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 - January 14
10:00 AM	Welcome and intro
10:15 AM	Before we start
10:45 AM	Intro to Programming in Python
11:15 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Starting with Data
12:30 PM	End of day 1

Day 2 - January 17
10:00 AM	Review
10:10 AM	Indexing, Slicing and Subsetting DataFrames
11:10 AM	Break
11:25 AM	Data Types and Formats
11:45 AM	Combining DataFrames
12:30 PM	End of day 2

Day 3 - January 21
10:00 AM	Review
10:10 AM	Data Workflows and Automation
11:20 AM	Break
11:30 AM	Plotting with Matplotlib and plotnine
12:25 PM	Post-workshop survey
12:30 PM	End of day 3