Otavio

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Otávio Silveira

Data Analyst @ Hortifruti

Course overview

This course builds upon the fundamentals of Python taught in Introduction to Python. You’ll learn to repeat a process using “for loops”; how to use conditional statements such as if, else, and elif; how to employ logical operators and comparison operators. You’ll also learn how to create Python dictionaries, which are important data structures in Python that help gather elements for identification using a key. Finally, you’ll build frequency tables, which help to display the frequencies of different categories (particularly useful for understanding the distribution of values in a dataset).

Best of all, you’ll learn by doing — you’ll practice and get feedback directly in the browser. You’ll apply your skills to several guided projects involving realistic business scenarios to build your portfolio and prepare for your next interview.

Key skills

  • Repeating a process using a for loop
  • Employing if, else, and elif statements
  • Employing logical operators and comparison operators
  • Creating Python dictionaries
  • Building frequency tables

Course outline

Basic Operators and Data Structures in Python [5 lessons]

Python For Loops 2h

Lesson Objectives
  • Structure a for loop
  • Open a dataset using Python
  • Repeat a process using a for loop
  • Analyze data using a for loop

Python If, Else, Elif Statements 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Employ if, else, and elif statements
  • Employ logical operators
  • Employ comparison operators

Python If, Else, Elif Statements: Multiple Conditions 2h

Lesson Objectives
  • Employ if, else, and elif statements
  • Employ logical operators
  • Employ comparison operators
  • Employ multiple conditional statements

Python Dictionaries 1h

Lesson Objectives
  • Create dictionaries
  • Index dictionaries
  • Define key-value pairs

Python Dictionaries and Frequency Tables 2h

Lesson Objectives
  • Update dictionary values
  • Check for values in a dictionary
  • Count with dictionaries
  • Loop over dictionaries

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