Learning Objectives

Introducing Python

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

• understand and use variables

• work with common Python data types like integers, floats, strings, characters, lists, dictionaries, as well as pandas DataFrames

• use basic flow control, including for loops and conditionals

• read data from text files

• obtain basic summary statistics from data files

• manipulate and extract data from pandas DataFrames

• write Python code according to standard style guidelines