Python Basics for Data Science Online Course Offered By IBM

Python Basics for Data Science is a free online course offered by IBM conducted by the Edx. This Python course provides a beginner-friendly introduction to Python for Data Science. Practice through lab exercises, and you'll be ready to create your first Python scripts on your own!

About this course

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Kickstart your learning of Python for data science, as well as programming in general with this introduction to Python course.
This beginner-friendly Python course will quickly take you from zero to programming in Python in a matter of hours and give you a taste of how to start working with data in Python.
Upon its completion, you'll be able to write your own Python scripts and perform basic hands-on data analysis using our Jupyter-based lab environment. If you want to learn Python from scratch, this course is for you.

What you'll learn

What Python is and why it is useful
The application of Python to Data Science
How to define variables in Python
Sets and conditional statements in Python
The purpose of having functions in Python
How to operate on files to read and write data in Python
How to use pandas, a must have package for anyone attempting data analysis in Python.