Welcome! This class is an introduction to data cleaning,
analysis and visualization. We will walk you through as we
analyze real world datasets. Each day, we will spend the first
30 minutes introducing the day's concepts, and spend the rest of
the class doing the lab exercises. We have written a daily
walkthrough that you will read and program through in class, and
we will be available to help. This is our first time teaching
this course, and we'll be learning as much as you. Don't
hesitate to ask us to change something or improve on something.
We'll be grateful. We assume you have a working knowledge of
Python (perhaps from 6.01) and are willing to write code. Most
of the code you interact with will come with an example that you
can modify. Hopefully you won't need to write too much custom
code—unless you're inspired to write more! We expect you to
install several development-related Python modules, and download
the datasets we will be using in the class. Instructions can be
found under Day 0, in the Lecture