Using Data Science Tools in Python (v1.0)

More and more organizations are turning to data science to help guide business decisions. Regardless of industry, the ability to extract knowledge from data is crucial for a modern business to stay competitive. One of the tools at the forefront of data science is the Python ® programming language. Python's robust libraries have given data scientists the ability to load, analyze, shape, clean, and visualize data in easy to use, yet powerful, ways. This course is designed for experienced programmers and those with a solid working knowledge of computing technology looking to gain the skills needed to successfully use these key libraries to extract useful insights from data, and as a result, provide great value to the business.

More and more organizations are turning to data science to help guide business decisions. Regardless of industry, the ability to extract knowledge from data is crucial for a modern business to stay competitive. One of the tools at the forefront of data science is the Python ® programming language. Python's robust libraries have given data scientists the ability to load, analyze, shape, clean, and visualize data in easy to use, yet powerful, ways. This course is designed for experienced programmers and those with a solid working knowledge of computing technology looking to gain the skills needed to successfully use these key libraries to extract useful insights from data, and as a result, provide great value to the business.

In this course, you will use various Python tools to load, analyze, manipulate, and visualize business data. You will: Set up a Python data science environment. Manage and analyze data with NumPy arrays. Manipulate and modify data with NumPy arrays. Manage and analyze data with pandas DataFrames. Manipulate, modify, and visualize data with pandas DataFrames. Visualize data with Matplotlib and Seaborn

This course is designed for students who wish to expand their ability to extract knowledge from business data. The target student for this course understands the principles and benefits of data science and has used basic data-driven tools like Microsoft® Excel ® and Structured Query Language (SQL) queries, but wants to take the next steps into more advanced applications of data science. So, the target student may be a programmer or data analyst looking to solve business problems using powerful programming libraries that go beyond the limitations of prepackaged GUI tools or database queries; libraries that give the data scientist more fine-tuned control over the analysis, manipulation, and presentation of data.A typical student in this course should have several years of experience with computing technology, along with a proficiency in programming