Event
Data wrangling in Python
Friday, January 27, 2023 10:00to12:00
Date: Friday, 27 January 2023.
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: hybrid (in person at Burnside Hall room 1104 and online via Zoom).
Instructor: Mathilde Jutras, PhD student, Dep. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill.
Overview: Data wrangling is a crucial step in the preparation of data before performing analyses. This workshop is designed to teach how to manipulate data in Python. We will cover data structure, data manipulation, and simple data analysis.
At the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
> Import csv and .txt data;
> Extract data from a matrix based on different types of criteria;
> Deal with missing values;
> Apply simple operations to a matrix of data.
Prerequisites:
· Basic knowledge of how to execute simple Python scripts, understanding of the different types of variables and knowledge of how to load and use libraries. Notions covered in the CDSI Introduction to programming in Python tutorial are sufficient.
