ICES course: Introduction to Statistics with Python

When: 10-12-2018 17:30 to 20-12-2018 21:30
Where: Faculty of Science, Site Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, Building S9, Ghent
Language: Dutch
Organizer: Heidi De Dobbelaere
Contact: Heidi.DeDobbelaere@UGent.be
Website: https://www.ugent.be/we/en/services/ICES/courses/dataanalysis2018-2019/m3.htm

Description

Python started off as a general-purpose programming language, but in the last decade it has become a popular environment for data science. The reason is that the community of Python users have recently created useful add-on packages which are suitable for data manipulation, preparation, visualization and analysis. This practical course introduces both base Python and the most important packages in a hands-on way with many exercises.

The contents of the course are:

Introduction: Python and the Anaconda distribution
Data types: numbers, strings, lists, tuples, sets and dictionaries
Automation: control flow and self-defined functions
Importing data and exporting results
Managing data with NumPy and pandas
Graphs with matplotlib and seaborn
Statistical analysis with statsmodels

The objective of the course is that you are capable of doing data management, visualization and analysis in Python on your own.

Python is an open-source programming language which you can freely download from https://www.anaconda.com/download/ (i.e. the Anaconda distribution). Python version 3 or higher is recommended.