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