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Basic Operators and Data Structures in Python

In this course, you'll continue to learn the fundamentals of Python for data science with for loops, dictionaries, and Python operators. You'll not only learn these concepts to organize your Python program for future analysis, you'll also break it down into smaller units to make it more manageable when your program becomes larger and more complex.

  • Beginner friendly
  • 5 hrs
  • 5 lessons
  • Premium

Course overview

Strengthen Python fundamentals by using loops, conditional logic, operators, and dictionaries to manipulate data and construct frequency tables.

What's inside

5 lessons

  • 01
    Python For Loops

    Learn to repeat a process using for loops in Python.

    74 min
  • 02
    Python If, Else, Elif Statements

    Answer questions using if, else, and elif statements in Python.

    48 min
  • 03
    Python If, Else, Elif Statements: Multiple Conditions

    Answer more advanced questions using if, else, and elif statements with multiple conditions.

    79 min
  • 04
    Python Dictionaries

    Learn how to create and use Python dictionaries.

    32 min
  • 05
    Python Dictionaries and Frequency Tables

    Learn to build frequency tables using dictionaries in Python.

    96 min

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