Carpentry @ UCSB Library

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.



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 |